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ENTRANCE SONG STAND
Priest: In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the
Holy Spirit.
All: Amen.
GREETING
A Priest: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God
and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.
All: And also with you.
B Priest: The grace and peace of God and the Lord Jesus Christ be
with you all.
All: Blessed be God, the F ather of our Lord Jesus Christ.
(OR)
And also with you.
C Priest: The Lord be with you.
PENITENTIAL RITE (omit on Ash Wednesday)
All: I confess to almighty God,

And to you, my brothers and sisters,
That I have sinned through my own fault
In my thoughts and in my words,
In what I have done,
And in what I have failed to do;
And I ask blessed Mary, ever virgin,
All the angels and saints,
And you, my brothers and sisters,
To pray for me to the Lord our God.
Priest: May almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us our sins,
And bring us to everlasting life.
All: Amen.
Deacon/Priest: Lord, have mercy. Kyrie, eleison
All: Lord, have mercy. Kyrie, eleison
Deacon/Priest: Christ, have mercy. Christe, eleison
All: Christ, have mercy. Christe, eleison
Deacon/Priest: Lord, have mercy. Kyrie, eleison
All: Lord, have mercy. Kyrie, eleison
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GLORIA (omitted on Sundays of Advent, Ash Wednesday, and Sundays of Lent)

All: Glory to God in the highest,
And peace to his people on earth,
Lord God, heavenly King, Almighty God and F ather,
We worship you, we give you thanks,
We praise you for your glory.
Lord Jesus Christ, only Son of the F ather,
Lord God, Lamb of God,
You take away the sin of the world:
H ave mercy on us:
You are seated at the right hand of the F ather:
Receive our prayer.
F or you alone are the Holy One,
You alone are the Lord,
You alone are the Most H igh, Jesus Christ,
With the Holy Spirit,
In the glory of God the F ather. Amen.
OPENING PRAYER
Priest: Let us pray.
(After a period of silence, the priest says the opening prayer.)
All: Amen.
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READING I SIT
RESPONSORIAL PSALM
READING II
ALLELUIA (Gospel Acclamation during Lent) STAND
GOSPEL READING
Deacon/Priest: The Lord be with you.
Deacon/Priest: From the Holy Gospel according to N. h
All: Glory to you, Lord.
Deacon/Priest: (after reading Gospel) The Gospel of the Lord
All: Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
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HOMILY
PROFESSION OF FAITH NICENE CREED STAND
(We summarize our faith by proclaiming a creed handed down from the early Church.)
All: We believe in one God, the F ather, the Almighty,

Maker of heaven and earth, of all that is seen and unseen.
We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God,
eternally begotten of the father, God from God,
Light from Light, True God from true God,
begotten, not made, one in being with the F ather.
Through Him all things were made.
For us men and for our salvation He came down from heaven:
By the power of the Holy Spirit He was born
of the Virgin Mary, and became man.
For our sake He was crucified under Pontius Pilate.
He suffered, died, and was buried.
On the third day He rose again in fulfillment of the
Scriptures. He ascended into heaven and is seated
at the right Hand of the F ather.
He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead,
and His Kingdom will have no end.
We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the Giver of life,
who proceeds from the F ather and the Son.
With the F ather and the Son He is worshiped and glorified.
He has spoken through the prophets.
We believe in the one Holy catholic and apostolic Church.
We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of Sins.
We look for the resurrection of the dead,
and the life of the world to come.
Amen.
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PREPARATION OF THE GIFTS SIT
(If there is no music at this time, the following prayers may be said aloud.)
Priest: Blessed are you/RUG
All: Blessed be God forever.
Priest: Blessed are you/RUG
All: Blessed be God forever.
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PRAYER OVER THE GIFTS STAND

Priest: Pray, brethren, that our sacrifice
May be acceptable to God, the almighty Father.
All: May the Lord accept the sacrifice at your hands
F or the praise and glory of H is Name, for our good,
and the good of all H is Church.
Priest: (prayer)
All: Amen .
EUCHARISTIC PRAYER STAND
INTRODUCTORY DIALOGUE STAND

Priest: The Lord be with you.
Priest: Lift up your hearts.
All: We lift them up to the Lord.
Priest: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
All: It is right to give him thanks and praise.
PREFACE STAND
HOLY
All: Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might.
Heaven and earth are filled with your glory.
Hosanna, hosanna on high.
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.
Hosanna in the highest.
Hosanna in the highest.
Hosanna, hosanna on high. KNEEL
THE MEMORIAL ACCLAMATION STAND

Deacon/Priest: Let us proclaim the mystery of faith:
All: Dying you destroyed our death.
Rising you restored our lives.
Lord Jesus, Lord Jesus, come in glory.
FINAL DOXOLOGY STAND
Priest: Through him, with him, in him,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
all glory and honor is yours,
almighty Father,
forever and ever.
All: Amen. Amen. Amen.
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THE LORDS PRAYER STAND
All:Our father, who art in heaven,
H allowed be thy name;
Thy kingdom come;
Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread;
And forgive us our trespasses
As we forgive those who trespass against us;
And lead us not into temptation,
But deliver us from evil.
Priest: Deliver us, Lord, from every evil,
And grant us peace in our day.
In your mercy keep us free from sin
And protect us from all anxiety
As we wait in joyful hope
For the coming of our Savior, Jesus Christ.
All: F or the kingdom, the power and the glory
Are yours, now and forever.
SIGN OF PEACE
Priest: /RUG-HVXV&KULVW
All: Amen.
Priest: The peace of the Lord be with you always.
Deacon/Priest: Let us offer each other the sign of peace.
FRACTION RITE
LAMB OF GOD
All: Lamb of God, you take away the sins Agnus Dei, qui tollis
peccata mundi:
of the world; have mercy on us. misercre nobis.
Lamb of God, you take away the sins Agnus Dei, qui tollis
of the world; have mercy on us. peccata mundi:
Lamb of God, you take away the sins misercre nobis.
of the world; grant us your peace Agnus Dei, qui tollis
peccata mundi: dona
and ever lasting life. Amen. nobis pacem
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COMMUNION KNEEL
Priest: This is the lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world.
Happy are those who are called to his supper.
All: Lord, I am not worthy to receive you,
but only say the word and I shall be healed.
PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION STAND
Priest: /HWXVSUD\
All: Amen.
(On Holy Thursday, the Evening Mass of the Lords Supper concludes at this point with the Transfer of
the Holy Eucharist.)
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BLESSING
Priest: The Lord be with you.
A Priest: May almighty God bless you, The Father, and the Son,
and the Holy Spirit.
All: Amen.
B Priest: (Or a more solemn blessing or prayer over the people
may be chosen by the priest.)
All: Amen.
DISMISSAL
A Deacon/Priest: Go in the peace of Christ.
All: Thanks be to God.
B Deacon/Priest: The Mass is ended, go in peace.
C Deacon/Priest: Go in peace to love and serve the Lord.
(Easter Vigil, Easter Season)
A Deacon/Priest: Go in the peace of Christ, alleluia, alleluia.
All: Thanks be to God, alleluia, alleluia.
B Deacon/Priest: The Mass is ended, go in peace. (Alleluia, alleluia)
All: Thanks be to God. (Alleluia, alleluia)
C Deacon/Priest: Go in peace to love and serve the Lord. (Alleluia, alleluia)
All: Thanks be to God. (Alleluia, alleluia)
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Jesus Christ and God the Father who

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"#$%&'#(!)%*+! brothers who are with me, to the churches
of Galatia.
READING I !"#$%&'"()*!+*,"
I am amazed that you are so quickly for-
When foreigners come, listen to them. saking the one who called you by the grace
From the first Book of Kings of Christ for a different gospel not that
In those days, Solomon prayed in the there is another.
temple, saying, But there are some who are disturbing
you and wish to pervert the gospel of
To the foreigner, who is not of your
Christ.
people Israel, but comes from a distant
land to honor you since they will learn But even if we or an angel from heaven
of your great name and your mighty should preach to you a gospel other than
hand and your outstretched arm when the one that we preached to you, let that
he comes and prays toward this temple, one be accursed!
listen from your heavenly dwelling. As we have said before, and now I say
Do all that foreigner asks of you, that all again, if anyone preaches to you a gospel
the peoples of the earth may know your other than what you have received, let
name, may fear you as do your people that one be accursed!
Israel, and may acknowledge that this Am I now currying favor with humans
temple which I have built is dedicated to or with God? Or am I seeking to please
your honor. people? If I were still trying to please
The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God. people, I would not be a slave of Christ.
The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
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God so loved the world that he gave
Praise the LORD, all you nations; glorify his only Son, so that everyone who
him, all you peoples! R: believes in him might have eternal life.
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READING II 4./.5$.%'"!)!+326+!7" Not even in Israel have I found such faith.
If I were trying to please people, h From the holy Gospel according to Luke
I would not be a slave of Christ.
When Jesus had finished all his words
From the beginning of the Letter of St. Paul to the people, he entered Capernaum.
to the Galatians
A centurion there had a slave who was ill
Paul, an apostle not from human beings and about to die, and he was valuable to
nor through a human being but through him.
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When he heard about Jesus, he sent elders sickness grew more severe until he
of the Jews to him, asking him to come stopped breathing.
and save the life of his slave. So she said to Elijah, Why have you
They approached Jesus and strongly urged done this to me, O man of God? Have
him to come, saying, He deserves to have you come to me to call attention to my
you do this for him, for he loves our guilt and to kill my son?
nation and built the synagogue for us.
Elijah said to her, Give me your son.
And Jesus went with them, but when he
Taking him from her lap, he carried the
was only a short distance from the house, son to the upper room where he was stay-
the centurion sent friends to tell him, ing, and put him on his bed.
Lord, do not trouble yourself, for I am
not worthy to have you enter under my Elijah called out to the Lord: O LORD,
roof. Therefore, I did not consider myself my God, will you afflict even the widow
worthy to come to you; but say the word with whom I am staying by killing her
and let my servant be healed. son?
For I too am a person subject to author- Then he stretched himself out upon the
ity, with soldiers subject to me. And I say child three times and called out to the
to one, Go, and he goes; and to another, LORD: O LORD, my God, let the life
Come here, and he comes; and to my breath return to the body of this child.
slave, Do this, and he does it. The LORD heard the prayer of Elijah;
When Jesus heard this he was amazed the life breath returned to the childs
at him and, turning, said to the crowd body and he revived.
following him, I tell you, not even in Taking the child, Elijah brought him down
Israel have I found such faith. into the house from the upper room and
When the messengers returned to the house, gave him to his mother. Elijah said to her,
they found the slave in good health. See! Your son is alive.
The Gospel of the Lord. The woman replied to Elijah, Now in-
Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ. deed I know that you are a man of God.
The word of the LORD comes truly
from your mouth.
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From the first Book of Kings I will extol you, O LORD, for you drew me
clear and did not let my enemies rejoice over
Elijah went to Zarephath of Sidon to me. O LORD, you brought me up from the
the house of a widow. The son of the nether world; you preserved me from among
mistress of the house fell sick, and his those going down into the pit. R:
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Sing praise to the LORD, you his faithful But I did not see any other of the apostles,
ones, and give thanks to his holy name. For only James the brother of the Lord.
his anger lasts but a moment; a lifetime, his The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
good will. At nightfall, weeping enters in,
but with the dawn, rejoicing. R: ALLELUIA ;<=>"1)!6"
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LORD, be my helper. You changed my A great prophet has risen in our midst,
mourning into dancing; O LORD, my God, God has visited his people.
forever will I give you thanks. R: 1'')'$2&3!&'')'$2&4!
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God revealed his Son to me, Young man, I tell you, arise!
so that I might proclaim him to the Gentiles. h From the holy Gospel according to Luke
From the Letter of St. Paul to the Galatians
Jesus journeyed to a city called Nain, and
I want you to know, brothers and sisters, his disciples and a large crowd accom-
that the gospel preached by me is not of panied him.
human origin.
As he drew near to the gate of the city,
For I did not receive it from a human a man who had died was being carried
being, nor was I taught it, but it came out, the only son of his mother, and she
through a revelation of Jesus Christ. was a widow. A large crowd from the
city was with her.
For you heard of my former way of life in
Judaism, how I persecuted the church of When the Lord saw her, he was moved
God beyond measure and tried to destroy with pity for her and said to her, Do
it, and progressed in Judaism beyond not weep.
many of my contemporaries among my He stepped forward and touched the coffin;
race, since I was even more a zealot for
at this the bearers halted, and he said,
my ancestral traditions. Young man, I tell you, arise!
But when God, who from my mothers
The dead man sat up and began to speak,
womb had set me apart and called me and Jesus gave him to his mother.
through his grace, was pleased to reveal
his Son to me, so that I might proclaim Fear seized them all, and they glorified God,
him to the Gentiles, I did not immediately exclaiming, A great prophet has arisen
consult flesh and blood, nor did I go up to in our midst, and God has visited his
Jerusalem to those who were apostles be- people.
fore me; rather, I went into Arabia and This report about him spread through the
then returned to Damascus. whole of Judea and in all the surrounding
Then after three years I went up to region.
Jerusalem to confer with Cephas and The Gospel of the Lord.
remained with him for fifteen days. Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
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I acknowledged my sin to you, my guilt I

+<+Z+&)S!H\&$'(!%&! covered not. I said, I confess my faults to
"#$%&'#(!)%*+! ! the LORD, and you took away the guilt of
my sin. R:
READING I 3"A.0<>/"!3)1+!72"!," You are my shelter; from distress you will
The Lord has forgiven your sin; you shall not die. preserve me; with glad cries of freedom
From the second Book of Samuel you will ring me round. R:
Nathan said to David: Be glad in the LORD and rejoice, you just;
exult, all you upright of heart. R:
Thus says the LORD God of Israel: I
anointed you king of Israel. I rescued you
READING II 4./.5$.%'"3)"!62"!@+3!"
from the hand of Saul. I gave you your
I live, no longer I, but Christ lives in me.
lords house and your lords wives for
your own. I gave you the house of Israel From the Letter of St. Paul to the Galatians
and of Judah. Brothers and sisters:
And if this were not enough, I could We who know that a person is not justified
count up for you still more. by works of the law but through faith in
Why have you spurned the LORD and Jesus Christ, even we have believed in
done evil in his sight? You have cut down Christ Jesus that we may be justified by
Uriah the Hittite with the sword; you took faith in Christ and not by works of the
his wife as your own, and him you killed law, because by works of the law no
with the sword of the Ammonites. one will be justified.
Now, therefore, the sword shall never For through the law I died to the law,
depart from your house, because you have that I might live for God.
despised me and have taken the wife of
Uriah to be your wife. I have been crucified with Christ; yet I
Then David said to Nathan, I have sinned live, no longer I, but Christ lives in me;
against the LORD. insofar as I now live in the flesh, I live
by faith in the Son of God who has
Nathan answered David: The LORD on loved me and given himself up for me.
his part has forgiven your sin: you shall
not die. I do not nullify the grace of God; for if
The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God. justification comes through the law, then
Christ died for nothing.
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whose sin is covered. Blessed the man to God loved us and sent his Son
whom the LORD imputes not guilt, in as expiation for our sins.
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GOSPEL ;<=>"1),6+()," You did not give me a kiss, but she

Her many sins have been forgiven, has not ceased kissing my feet since the
because she has shown great love. time I entered.
h From the holy Gospel according to Luke You did not anoint my head with oil,
A Pharisee invited Jesus to dine with him, but she anointed my feet with ointment.
and he entered the Pharisees house and So I tell you, her many sins have been
reclined at table. forgiven; hence, she has shown great love.
Now there was a sinful woman in the city But the one to whom little is forgiven,
who learned that he was at table in the loves little.
house of the Pharisee. He said to her, Your sins are forgiven.
Bringing an alabaster flask of ointment, The others at table said to themselves,
she stood behind him at his feet weeping Who is this who even forgives sins?
and began to bathe his feet with her tears.
Then she wiped them with her hair, But he said to the woman, Your faith
kissed them, and anointed them with the has saved you; go in peace.
ointment. Afterward he journeyed from one town
When the Pharisee who had invited him and village to another, preaching and
saw this he said to himself, If this man proclaiming the good news of the
were a prophet, he would know who and kingdom of God.
what sort of woman this is who is touch- Accompanying him were the Twelve
ing him, that she is a sinner. and some women who had been cured
Jesus said to him in reply, Simon, I have of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary,
something to say to you. called Magdalene, from whom seven
Tell me, teacher, he said. demons had gone out, Joanna, the wife
of Herods steward Chuza, Susanna, and
Two people were in debt to a certain many others who provided for them out
creditor; one owed five hundred days of their resources.
wages and the other owed fifty. Since
they were unable to repay the debt, he The Gospel of the Lord.
Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
forgave it for both. Which of them will
love him more?
Simon said in reply, The one, I suppose, )@+<O)S!H\&$'(!%&!
whose larger debt was forgiven. "#$%&'#(!)%*+! !
He said to him, You have judged rightly.
Then he turned to the woman and said to READING I C>D:.E$.:"!3)!7+!!F"!,)!"
Simon, Do you see this woman? When I They shall look on him whom they have pierced.
entered your house, you did not give me From the Book of the Prophet Zechariah
water for my feet, but she has bathed Thus says the LORD:
them with her tears and wiped them with
her hair. I will pour out on the house of David and
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on the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of Through faith you are all children of God
grace and petition; and they shall look on in Christ Jesus. For all of you who were
him whom they have pierced, and they baptized into Christ have clothed your-
shall mourn for him as one mourns for an selves with Christ.
only son, and they shall grieve over him There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is
as one grieves over a firstborn. neither slave nor free person, there is
On that day the mourning in Jerusalem not male and female; for you are all
shall be as great as the mourning of one in Christ Jesus.
Hadadrimmon in the plain of Megiddo. And if you belong to Christ, then you are
On that day there shall be open to the Abrahams descendant, heirs according to
house of David and to the inhabitants the promise.
of Jerusalem, a fountain to purify from The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
sin and uncleanness.
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you my flesh pines and my soul thirsts like You are the Christ of God.
the earth, parched, lifeless and without The Son of Man must suffer greatly.
water. R: h From the holy Gospel according to Luke
Thus have I gazed toward you in the sanc- Once when Jesus was praying in solitude,
tuary to see your power and your glory, for and the disciples were with him, he asked
your kindness is a greater good than life; them, Who do the crowds say that I am?
my lips shall glorify you. R:
They said in reply, John the Baptist;
Thus will I bless you while I live; lifting others, Elijah; still others, One of the
up my hands, I will call upon your name.
ancient prophets has arisen.
As with the riches of a banquet shall my
soul be satisfied, and with exultant lips Then he said to them, But who do you
my mouth shall praise you. R: say that I am?
You are my help, and in the shadow of your Peter said in reply, The Christ of God.
wings I shout for joy. My soul clings fast to
He rebuked them and directed them not
you; your right hand upholds me. R:
to tell this to anyone.
READING II 4./.5$.%'",)36+3@" He said, The Son of Man must suffer
All of you who were baptized greatly and be rejected by the elders,
have clothed yourselves with Christ. the chief priests, and the scribes, and be
From the Letter of St. Paul to the Galatians killed and on the third day be raised.
Brothers and sisters: Then he said to all, If anyone wishes
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me.
Keep me, O God, for in you I take refuge;
For whoever wishes to save his life will I say to the LORD, My LORD are you. O
lose it, but whoever loses his life for my LORD, my allotted portion and my cup,
sake will save it. you it is who hold fast my lot. R:
The Gospel of the Lord. I bless the LORD who counsels me; even
in the night my heart exhorts me. I set the
LORD ever before me; with him at my
right hand I shall not be disturbed. R:
)S%#)++&)S!H\&$'(!%&!
"#$%&'#(!)%*+! ! Therefore my heart is glad and my soul
rejoices, my body, too, abides in confidence
because you will not abandon my soul to
READING I !"#$%&'"!@)!6B2"!@+3!" the netherworld, nor will you suffer your
Then Elisha left and followed Elijah as his attendant. faithful one to undergo corruption. R:
From the first Book of Kings You will show me the path to life, fullness
The LORD said to Elijah: You shall anoint of joys in your presence, the delights at
Elisha, son of Shaphat of Abel- meholah, your right hand forever. R:
as prophet to succeed you."
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Elijah set out and came upon Elnisha, You were called for freedom.
son of Shaphat, as he was plowing with
From the Letter of St. Paul to the Galatians
twelve yoke of oxen; he was following
the twelfth. Brothers and sisters:
Elijah went over to him and threw his For freedom Christ set us free; so stand
cloak over him. firm and do not submit again to the yoke
of slavery.
Elisha left the oxen, ran after Elijah,
and said, Please, let me kiss my father For you were called for freedom, brothers
and mother goodbye, and I will follow and sisters. But do not use this freedom as
you. an opportunity for the flesh; rather, serve
one another through love.
Elijah answered, Go back! Have I done
anything to you? For the whole law is fulfilled in one
statement, namely, You shall love your
Elisha left him and, taking the yoke of neighbor as yourself. But if you go on
oxen, slaughtered them; he used the plow- biting and devouring one another, be-
ing equipment for fuel to boil their flesh, ware that you are not consumed by one
and gave it to his people to eat. another.
Then Elisha left and followed Elijah as I say, then: live by the Spirit and you will
his attendant. certainly not gratify the desire of the flesh.
The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God. For the flesh has desires against the Spirit,
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and the Spirit against the flesh; these are But he replied, Lord, let me go first and
opposed to each other, so that you may bury my father.
not do what you want.
But he answered him, Let the dead bury
But if you are guided by the Spirit, you their dead. But you, go and proclaim the
are not under the law. kingdom of God.
The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God. And another said, I will follow you,
Lord, but first let me say farewell to my
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you have the words of everlasting life. hand to the plow and looks to what was
1'')'$2&3!&'')'$2&4! left behind is fit for the kingdom of God.
GOSPEL ;<=>"@)?!+63" The Gospel of the Lord.
He resolutely determined to journey to Jerusalem. Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
I will follow you wherever you go.
h From the holy Gospel according to Luke
When the days for Jesus being taken up
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journey to Jerusalem, and he sent messen-
gers ahead of him. READING I G'.$.:"66)!7+!*D"
On the way they entered a Samaritan Behold, I will spread prosperity over her like a river.
village to prepare for his reception there, From the Book of the Prophet Isaiah
but they would not welcome him be- Thus says the LORD:
cause the destination of his journey was
Jerusalem. Rejoice with Jerusalem and be glad be-
cause of her, all you who love her;
When the disciples James and John saw
exult, exult with her, all you who were
this they asked, Lord, do you want us
mourning over her!
to call down fire from heaven to con-
sume them? Oh, that you may suck fully of the milk
Jesus turned and rebuked them, and they of her comfort, that you may nurse with
journeyed to another village. delight at her abundant breasts!
As they were proceeding on their jour- For thus says the LORD:
ney someone said to him, I will follow Lo, I will spread prosperity over Jerusalem
you wherever you go. like a river, and the wealth of the nations
Jesus answered him, Foxes have dens like an overflowing torrent.
and birds of the sky have nests, but the As nurslings, you shall be carried in her
Son of Man has nowhere to rest his arms, and fondled in her lap; as a mother
head. comforts her child, so will I comfort you;
And to another he said, Follow me. in Jerusalem you shall find your comfort.
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When you see this, your heart shall re- From now on, let no one make troubles
joice and your bodies flourish like the for me; for I bear the marks of Jesus on
grass; the LORDs power shall be my body.
known to his servants. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with
The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God. your spirit, brothers and sisters. Amen.
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Let the peace of Christ control your hearts;
Shout joyfully to God, all the earth, sing
let the word of Christ dwell in you richly.
praise to the glory of his name; proclaim
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his glorious praise. Say to God, How
tremendous are your deeds! R: GOSPEL ;<=>"!7)!+!32"!1+37"
Let all on earth worship and sing praise to Your peace will rest on that person.
you, sing praise to your name! Come and h From the holy Gospel according to Luke
see the works of God, his tremendous deeds At that time the Lord appointed seventy-
among the children of Adam. R:
two others whom he sent ahead of him in
He changed the sea into dry land; through pairs to every town and place he intended
the river they passed on foot. Therefore let to visit.
us rejoice in him. He rules by his might
He said to them, The harvest is abun-
forever. R:
dant but the laborers are few; so ask the
Hear now, all you who fear God, while I master of the harvest to send out laborers
declare what he has done for me. Blessed for his harvest.
be God who refused me not my prayer or
Go on your way; behold, I am sending
his kindness! R:
you like lambs among wolves. Carry no
READING II 4./.5$.%'"6)!*+!("
money bag, no sack, no sandals; and greet
no one along the way.
I bear the marks of Jesus on my body.
From the Letter of Saint Paul to the Galatians Into whatever house you enter, first say,
Peace to this household. If a peaceful
Brothers and sisters: person lives there, your peace will rest
May I never boast except in the cross on him; but if not, it will return to you.
of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which Stay in the same house and eat and drink
the world has been crucified to me, and what is offered to you, for the laborer
I to the world. deserves his payment. Do not move about
For neither does circumcision mean any- from one house to another.
thing, nor does uncircumcision, but only Whatever town you enter and they wel-
a new creation. come you, eat what is set before you,
Peace and mercy be to all who follow this cure the sick in it and say to them, The
rule and to the Israel of God. kingdom of God is at hand for you.
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Whatever town you enter and they do all your soul.

not receive you, go out into the streets For this command that I enjoin on you
and say, The dust of your town that today is not too mysterious and remote
clings to our feet, even that we shake for you.
off against you.
It is not up in the sky, that you should
Yet know this: the kingdom of God is at say, Who will go up in the sky to get it
hand. I tell you, it will be more tolerable for us and tell us of it, that we may carry
for Sodom on that day than for that town. it out?
The seventy-two returned rejoicing, and Nor is it across the sea, that you
said, Lord, even the demons are subject should say, Who will cross the sea to
to us because of your name. get it for us and tell us of it, that we
Jesus said, I have observed Satan fall may carry it out?
like lightning from the sky. Behold, I No, it is something very near to you,
have given you the power to tread upon already in your mouths and in your
serpents and scorpions and upon the hearts; you have only to carry it out.
full force of the enemy and nothing will The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
harm you.
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heaven. I pray to you, O LORD, for the time of
The Gospel of the Lord. your favor, O God! In your great kind-
Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ. ness answer me with your constant help.
Answer me, O LORD, for bounteous is
your kindness: in your great mercy turn
toward me. R:
O%O)++&)S!H\&$'(!%&!
"#$%&'#(!)%*+! ! I am afflicted and in pain; let your saving
help, O God, protect me. I will praise the
name of God in song, and I will glorify
READING I I><5>E9%90J",7)"!7+!*" him with thanksgiving. R:
The word is very near to you:
you have only to carry it out.
See, you lowly ones, and be glad; you
who seek God, may your hearts revive!
From the Book of Deuteronomy
For the LORD hears the poor, and his own
Moses said to the people: who are in bonds he spurns not. R:
If only you would heed the voice of the For God will save Zion and rebuild the
LORD, your God, and keep his command- cities of Judah. The descendants of his
ments and statutes that are written in this servants shall inherit it, and those who
book of the law, when you return to the love his name shall inhabit it. R:
LORD, your God, with all your heart and OR
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you have the words of everlasting life.
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the soul; the decree of the LORD is trust-
worthy, giving wisdom to the simple. R: GOSPEL ;<=>"!7)3?+,1"
The precepts of the LORD are right, rejoic- Who is my neighbor?
ing the heart; the command of the LORD is h From the holy Gospel according to Luke
clear, enlightening the eye. R:
There was a scholar of the law who stood
The fear of the LORD is pure, enduring up to test him and said, Teacher, what
forever; the ordinances of the LORD are true, must I do to inherit eternal life?
all of them just. R:
Jesus said to him, What is written in
They are more precious than gold, than a the law? How do you read it?
heap of purest gold; sweeter also than syrup
or honey from the comb. R: He said in reply,
You shall love the L ORD , your God,
READING II H9/9''$.%'"!)"!?+37" with all your heart,
All things were created through him and for him. with all your being,
From the Letter of St. Paul to the Colossians with all your strength,
and with all your mind,
Christ Jesus is the image of the invisible and your neighbor as yourself.
God, the firstborn of all creation.
He replied to him, You have answered
For in him were created all things in heaven correctly; do this and you will live.
and on earth, the visible and the invisible,
whether thrones or dominions or princi- But because he wished to justify him-
palities or powers; all things were created self, he said to Jesus, And who is my
through him and for him. neighbor?
Jesus replied, A man fell victim to rob-
He is before all things, and in him all
things hold together. bers as he went down from Jerusalem to
Jericho. They stripped and beat him and
He is the head of the body, the church. went off leaving him half-dead.
He is the beginning, the firstborn from A priest happened to be going down that
the dead, that in all things he himself road, but when he saw him, he passed by
might be preeminent. on the opposite side.
For in him all the fullness was pleased Likewise a Levite came to the place,
to dwell, and through him to reconcile and when he saw him, he passed by on
all things for him, making peace by the the opposite side.
blood of his cross through him, whether But a Samaritan traveler who came upon
those on earth or those in heaven. him was moved with compassion at the
The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God. sight. He approached the victim, poured
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oil and wine over his wounds and ban- servant, let me bring you a little food, that
daged them. Then he lifted him up on his you may refresh yourselves; and after-
own animal, took him to an inn, and cared ward you may go on your way.
for him. The men replied, Very well, do as you
The next day he took out two silver have said.
coins and gave them to the innkeeper Abraham hastened into the tent and told
with the instruction, Take care of him. Sarah, Quick, three measures of fine
If you spend more than what I have given flour! Knead it and make rolls.
you, I shall repay you on my way back.
He ran to the herd, picked out a tender,
Which of these three, in your opinion,
choice steer, and gave it to a servant,
was neighbor to the robbers victim? who quickly prepared it.
He answered, The one who treated him
Then Abraham got some curds and milk,
with mercy.
as well as the steer that had been pre-
Jesus said to him, Go and do likewise. pared, and set these before the three men;
The Gospel of the Lord. and he waited on them under the tree
Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ. while they ate.
They asked Abraham, Where is your
wife Sarah?
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One of them said, I will surely return
READING I 4>%>'$'"!()!+!7." to you about this time next year, and
Lord, do not go on past your servant.
Sarah will then have a son.
From the Book of Genesis The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
The LORD appeared to Abraham by the RESPONSORIAL -'./0"!?)3+,2,+*2?"
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One who walks blamelessly and does
Looking up, Abraham saw three men justice; who thinks the truth in his heart
standing nearby. When he saw them, he and slanders not with his tongue. R:
ran from the entrance of the tent to
greet them; and bowing to the ground, Who harms not his fellow man, nor takes
he said: Sir, if I may ask you this favor, up a reproach against his neighbor; by
please do not go on past your servant. whom the reprobate is despised, while he
honors those who fear the LORD. R:
Let some water be brought, that you
may bathe your feet, and then rest your- Who lends not his money at usury and
selves under the tree. accepts no bribe against the innocent.
One who does these things shall never be
Now that you have come this close to your disturbed. R:
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READING II H9/9''$.%'"G")3*+3(" Martha, burdened with much serving, came

The mystery hidden from ages to him and said, Lord, do you not care
has now been manifested to his holy ones. that my sister has left me by myself to do
From the Letter of St. Paul to the Colossians the serving? Tell her to help me.
Brothers and sisters: The Lord said to her in reply, Martha,
Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your Martha, you are anxious and worried about
sake, and in my flesh I am filling up what many things. There is need of only one
is lacking in the afflictions of Christ on thing. Mary has chosen the better part
behalf of his body, which is the church, and it will not be taken from her.
of which I am a minister in accordance The Gospel of the Lord.
with Gods stewardship given to me to Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
bring to completion for you the word of
God, the mystery hidden from ages and
from generations past. H+Z+&)++&)S!H\&$'(!%&!
But now it has been manifested to his
"#$%&'#(!)%*+! !
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known the riches of the glory of this READING I 4>%>'$'"!()37+,3"
mystery among the Gentiles; it is Christ Let not my Lord grow angry if I speak.
in you, the hope for glory. From the Book of Genesis
It is he whom we proclaim, admonishing In those days, the LORD said:
everyone and teaching everyone with all The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah
wisdom, that we may present everyone is so great, and their sin so grave, that I
perfect in Christ. must go down and see whether or not
The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God. their actions fully correspond to the cry
against them that comes to me. I mean
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While Abrahams visitors walked on far-
Blessed are they who have kept the word
with a generous heart and ther toward Sodom, the LORD remained
yield a harvest through perseverance. standing before Abraham.
1'')'$2&3!&'')'$2&4! Then Abraham drew nearer and said:
GOSPEL ;<=>"!7),(+*3" Will you sweep away the innocent with
Martha welcomed him. Mary has chosen the better part.
the guilty? Suppose there were fifty inno-
cent people in the city; would you wipe
out the place, rather than spare it for the
Jesus entered a village where a woman sake of the fifty innocent people within it?
whose name was Martha welcomed him. Far be it from you to do such a thing,
She had a sister named Mary who sat to make the innocent die with the guilty
beside the Lord at his feet listening to so that the innocent and the guilty would
him speak. be treated alike!
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Should not the judge of all the world I will give thanks to you, O LORD, with
act with justice? all my heart, for you have heard the words
The LORD replied, If I find fifty innocent of my mouth; in the presence of the angels I
will sing your praise; I will worship at
people in the city of Sodom, I will spare
your holy temple and give thanks to your
the whole place for their sake. name. R:
Abraham spoke up again: See how I am
Because of your kindness and your truth;
presuming to speak to my LORD, though I
for you have made great above all things
am but dust and ashes! What if there are
your name and your promise. When I called
five less than fifty innocent people? Will
you answered me; you built up strength
you destroy the whole city because of those within me. R:
five?
The Lord is exalted, yet the lowly he sees,
He answered, I will not destroy it, if I
and the proud he knows from afar. Though I
find forty-five there.
walk amid distress, you preserve me; against
But Abraham persisted, saying, What the anger of my enemies you raise your
if only forty are found there? hand. R:
He replied, I will forbear doing it for Your right hand saves me. The LORD will
the sake of the forty. complete what he has done for me; your
Then Abraham said, Let not my LORD kindness, O LORD, endures forever; forsake
grow impatient if I go on. What if only not the work of your hands. R:
thirty are found there?
READING II H9/9''$.%'"3)!3+!*
He replied, I will forbear doing it if I
God has brought you to life along with Christ,
can find but thirty there. having forgiven us all our transgressions.
Still Abraham went on, Since I have thus From the Letter of St. Paul to the Colossians
dared to speak to my LORD, what if there
Brothers and sisters:
are no more than twenty?
The LORD answered, I will not destroy You were buried with him in baptism,
it, for the sake of the twenty. in which you were also raised with him
through faith in the power of God, who
But he still persisted: Please, let not raised him from the dead.
my LORD grow angry if I speak up this
last time. What if there are at least ten And even when you were dead in trans-
there? gressions and the uncircumcision of your
He replied, For the sake of those ten, I flesh, he brought you to life along with
will not destroy it. him, having forgiven us all our trans-
gressions; obliterating the bond against
The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God. us, with its legal claims, which was op-
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our midst, nailing it to the cross.
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1'')'$2&3!&'')'$2&4! the one who seeks, finds; and to the one
You have received a Spirit of adoption, who knocks, the door will be opened.
through which we cry, Abba, F ather. What father among you would hand
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his son a snake when he asks for a fish?
GOSPEL ;<=>"!!)!+!," Or hand him a scorpion when he asks
Ask and you will receive. for an egg?
h From the holy Gospel according to Luke If you then, who are wicked, know
how to give good gifts to your children,
Jesus was praying in a certain place, and
how much more will the Father in heaven
when he had finished, one of his disciples
give the Holy Spirit to those who ask
said to him, Lord, teach us to pray just
him?
as John taught his disciples.
The Gospel of the Lord.
He said to them, When you pray, say: Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
Father, hallowed be your name, your
kingdom come.
Give us each day our daily bread and +%]S)++&)S!H\&$'(!%&!
forgive us our sins, for we ourselves "#$%&'#(!)%*+! !
forgive everyone in debt to us, and do
not subject us to the final test.
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And he said to them, What profit comes to a man from all his toil?
Suppose one of you has a friend to whom From the Book of Ecclesiastes
he goes at midnight and says, Friend, Vanity of vanities, says Qoheleth, vanity
lend me three loaves of bread, for a of vanities! All things are vanity!
friend of mine has arrived at my house
from a journey and I have nothing to Here is one who has labored with wis-
offer him, and he says in reply from dom and knowledge and skill, and yet
within, Do not bother me; the door has to another who has not labored over it,
already been locked and my children he must leave property.
and I are already in bed. I cannot get up This also is vanity and a great misfortune.
to give you anything.
For what profit comes to man from all
I tell you, if he does not get up to give the toil and anxiety of heart with which
the visitor the loaves because of their he has labored under the sun?
friendship, he will get up to give him
whatever he needs because of his persist- All his days sorrow and grief is his occu-
ence. pation; even at night his mind is not at
rest.
And I tell you, ask and you will receive;
seek and you will find; knock and the This also is vanity.
door will be opened to you. The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
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Response:!!! 5-!):)+7!&.)3!>!8#+,3! ! and have put on the new self, which is
7#$!(&:)!D))-!#$+!+)9$.)0! ! being renewed, for knowledge, in the
image of its creator.
You turn man back to dust, saying, Return,
O children of men. For a thousand years in Here there is not Greek and Jew, cir-
your sight are as yesterday, now that it is cumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian,
past, or as a watch of the night. R: Scythian, slave, free; but Christ is all
and in all.
You make an end of them in their sleep;
the next morning they are like the changing The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
grass, which at dawn springs up anew, but
by evening wilts and fades. R: ALLELUIA O.55:>P"?),"
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Teach us to number our days aright, that we Blessed are the poor in spirit,
may gain wisdom of heart. Return, O LORD! for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
How long? Have pity on your servants! R: 1'')'$2&3!&'')'$2&4!
Fill us at daybreak with your kindness,
GOSPEL ;<=>"!3)!,+3!"
that we may shout for joy and gladness
The things you have prepared, to whom will they belong?
all our days. And may the gracious care
of the LORD our God be ours; prosper the h From the holy Gospel according to Luke
work of our hands for us! Prosper the Someone in the crowd said to Jesus,
work of our hands! R: Teacher, tell my brother to share the
inheritance with me.
READING II H9/9''$.%'",)!+?2@+!!"
Seek what is above, where Christ is. He replied to him, Friend, who appointed
From the Letter of St. Paul to the Colossians me as your judge and arbitrator?
Then he said to the crowd, Take care
Brothers and sisters:
to guard against all greed, for though one
If you were raised with Christ, seek may be rich, ones life does not consist
what is above, where Christ is seated at of possessions.
the right hand of God.
Then he told them a parable.
Think of what is above, not of what is There was a rich man whose land pro-
on earth. duced a bountiful harvest. He asked himself,
For you have died, and your life is hidden What shall I do, for I do not have space
with Christ in God. to store my harvest?
When Christ your life appears, then you And he said, This is what I shall do: I
too will appear with him in glory. shall tear down my barns and build larger
ones. There I shall store all my grain and
Put to death, then, the parts of you that other goods and I shall say to myself,
are earthly: immorality, impurity, passion, Now as for you, you have so many good
evil desire, and the greed that is idolatry. things stored up for many years, rest, eat,
Stop lying to one another, since you have drink, be merry!
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But God said to him, You fool, this See, the eyes of the LORD are upon those
night your life will be demanded of you; who fear him, upon those who hope for
and the things you have prepared, to his kindness, to deliver them from death
whom will they belong? and preserve them in spite of famine. R:
Thus will it be for all who store up Our soul waits for the LORD, who is our
treasure for themselves but are not rich help and our shield. May your kindness,
in what matters to God. O LORD, be upon us who have put our
hope in you. R:
Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ. READING II S>BE>P'"!!)!+32"(+!@"
Abraham looked forward to the city
whose architect and maker is God.
&%&+)++&)S!H\&$'(!%N From the Letter to the Hebrews
"#$%&'#(!)%*+ Brothers and sisters:
Faith is the realization of what is hoped
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for and evidence of things not seen.
Just as you punished our adversaries,
you glorified us whom you had summoned.
Because of it the ancients were well
attested.
From the Book of Wisdom
By faith Abraham obeyed when he was
The night of the passover was known called to go out to a place that he was
beforehand to our fathers, that, with sure to receive as an inheritance; he went
knowledge of the oaths in which they out, not knowing where he was to go.
put their faith, they might have courage.
By faith he sojourned in the promised
Your people awaited the salvation of the land as in a foreign country, dwelling
just and the destruction of their foes. in tents with Isaac and Jacob, heirs of
For when you punished our adversaries, the same promise; for he was looking
in this you glorified us whom you had forward to the city with foundations,
summoned. whose architect and maker is God.
For in secret the holy children of the good By faith he received power to generate,
were offering sacrifice and putting into even though he was past the normal
effect with one accord the divine institution. age and Sarah herself was sterile for
The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God. he thought that the one who had made
the promise was trustworthy.
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%()!8#+,!(&/!;(#/)-!%#!D)!(2/!#*-0! ! descendants as numerous as the stars in
the sky and as countless as the sands on
Exult, you just, in the LORD; praise from
the upright is fitting. Blessed the nation the seashore.
whose God is the LORD, the people he All these died in faith. They did not receive
has chosen for his own inheritance. R: what had been promised but saw it and
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greeted it from afar and acknowledged For where your treasure is, there also
themselves to be strangers and aliens on will your heart be.
earth, for those who speak thus show that
Gird your loins and light your lamps and
they are seeking a homeland.
be like servants who await their masters
If they had been thinking of the land from return from a wedding, ready to open im-
which they had come, they would have mediately when he comes and knocks.
had opportunity to return.
Blessed are those servants whom the
But now they desire a better homeland, master finds vigilant on his arrival.
a heavenly one. Therefore, God is not
ashamed to be called their God, for he Amen, I say to you, he will gird himself,
has prepared a city for them. have them recline at table, and proceed to
wait on them.
By faith Abraham, when put to the test,
offered up Isaac, and he who had received And should he come in the second or
the promises was ready to offer his only third watch and find them prepared in
son, of whom it was said, Through Isaac this way, blessed are those servants.
descendants shall bear your name. Be sure of this: if the master of the house
He reasoned that God was able to raise had known the hour when the thief was
even from the dead, and he received Isaac coming, he would not have let his house
back as a symbol. be broken into.
The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God. You also must be prepared, for at an hour
you do not expect, the Son of Man will
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Stay awake and be ready!
Then Peter said, Lord, is this parable
F or you do not know on what day meant for us or for everyone?
the Son of Man will come. And the Lord replied, Who, then, is the
1'')'$2&3!&'')'$2&4! faithful and prudent steward whom the
GOSPEL ;<=>"!3),3+*(" master will put in charge of his servants
You also must be prepared.
to distribute the food allowance at the
proper time?
Blessed is that servant whom his master
Jesus said to his disciples:
on arrival finds doing so. Truly, I say to
Do not be afraid any longer, little flock, you, the master will put the servant in
for your Father is pleased to give you charge of all his property.
the kingdom.
But if that servant says to himself, My
Sell your belongings and give alms. master is delayed in coming, and begins
Provide money bags for yourselves to beat the menservants and the maid-
that do not wear out, an inexhaustible servants, to eat and drink and get drunk,
treasure in heaven that no thief can then that servants master will come on
reach nor moth destroy. an unexpected day and at an unknown
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hour and will punish the servant severely Ebed-melech, a court official, went there
and assign him a place with the unfaithful. from the palace and said to him: My lord
That servant who knew his masters will king, these men have been at fault in all
but did not make preparations nor act in they have done to the prophet Jeremiah,
accord with his will shall be beaten severely; casting him into the cistern. He will die of
and the servant who was ignorant of his famine on the spot, for there is no more
masters will but acted in a way deserving food in the city.
of a severe beating shall be beaten only Then the king ordered Ebed-melech the
lightly. Cushite to take three men along with
Much will be required of the person en- him, and draw the prophet Jeremiah out
trusted with much, and still more will be of the cistern before he should die.
demanded of the person entrusted with The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
more.
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I have waited, waited for the LORD, and he
stooped toward me. R:
)@+&)%+)S!H\&$'(!%&! The LORD heard my cry. He drew me out
"#$%&'#(!)%*+! ! of the pit of destruction, out of the mud
of the swamp; he set my feet upon a crag;
he made firm my steps. R:
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A man of strife and contention to all the land. And he put a new song into my mouth, a
From the Book of the Prophet Jeremiah hymn to our God. Many shall look on in
awe and trust in the LORD. R:
In those days, the princes said to the king:
Though I am afflicted and poor, yet the LORD
Jeremiah ought to be put to death; he is
thinks of me. You are my help and my
demoralizing the soldiers who are left in deliverer; O my God, hold not back! R:
this city, and all the people, by speaking
such things to them; he is not interested in READING II S>BE>P'"!3)!+*"
the welfare of our people, but in their Let us persevere in running the race that lies before us.
ruin.
From the Letter to the Hebrews
King Zedekiah answered: He is in your
power; for the king could do nothing Brothers and sisters:
with them. Since we are surrounded by so great a
cloud of witnesses, let us rid ourselves of
And so they took Jeremiah and threw
every burden and sin that clings to us and
him into the cistern of Prince Malchiah,
persevere in running the race that lies
which was in the quarters of the guard,
before us while keeping our eyes fixed on
letting him down with ropes. There was
Jesus, the leader and perfecter of faith.
no water in the cistern, only mud, and
Jeremiah sank into the mud. For the sake of the joy that lay before him
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he endured the cross, despising its shame,

and has taken his seat at the right of the )@+&)(RO%#H)!H\&$'(!%&!
throne of God. "#$%&'#(!)%*+! !
Consider how he endured such opposition
from sinners, in order that you may not READING I G'.$.:"66)!(+3!"
grow weary and lose heart. They shall bring
all your brothers and sisters from all the nations.
In your struggle against sin you have not From the Book of the Prophet Isaiah
yet resisted to the point of shedding blood.
Thus says the LORD:
I know their works and their thoughts,
ALLELUIA 89:%"!7)31" and I come to gather nations of every
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My sheep hear my voice, says the Lord; glory.
I know them, and they follow me.
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I will set a sign among them; from them
I will send fugitives to the nations: to
GOSPEL ;<=>"!3)*@+?," Tarshish, Put and Lud, Mosoch, Tubal
I have come not to establish peace, but rather division. and Javan, to the distant coastlands that
h From the holy Gospel according to Luke have never heard of my fame, or seen
my glory; and they shall proclaim my
Jesus said to his disciples: glory among the nations.
I have come to set the earth on fire, They shall bring all your brothers and
and how I wish it were already blazing! sisters from all the nations as an offer-
There is a baptism with which I must be ing to the LORD, on horses and in chariots,
baptized, and how great is my anguish in carts, upon mules and dromedaries,
until it is accomplished! to Jerusalem, my holy mountain, says the
LORD, just as the Israelites bring their
Do you think that I have come to estab- offering to the house of the LORD in
lish peace on the earth? No, I tell you, clean vessels.
but rather division.
Some of these I will take as priests and
From now on a household of five will Levites, says the LORD.
be divided, three against two and two
against three; a father will be divided The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
against his son and a son against his RESPONSORIAL -'./0"!!1)!23"
father, a mother against her daughter and a
daughter against her mother, a mother- Response:!!"#!#$%!%#!&''!%()!*#+',! !
in-law against her daughter-in-law and &-,!%)''!%()!.##,!-)*/0! !
a daughter-in-law against her mother- Praise the LORD, all you nations; glorify
in-law. him, all you peoples! R:
The Gospel of the Lord. For steadfast is his kindness toward us, and
Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ. the fidelity of the LORD endures forever. R:
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READING II S>BE>P'"!3)?+12"!!+!," Someone asked him, Lord, will only a

Those whom the Lord loves, he disciplines. few people be saved?
From the Letter to the Hebrews He answered them, Strive to enter through
Brothers and sisters, the narrow gate, for many, I tell you,
will attempt to enter but will not be strong
You have forgotten the exhortation ad- enough.
dressed to you as children:
After the master of the house has arisen
My son, do not disdain the discipline and locked the door, then will you stand
of the Lord or lose heart when reproved outside knocking and saying, Lord, open
by him; for whom the Lord loves, he the door for us.
disciplines; he scourges every son he
He will say to you in reply, I do not
acknowledges.
know where you are from.
Endure your trials as discipline; God And you will say, We ate and drank
treats you as sons. For what son is there in your company and you taught in our
whom his father does not discipline? streets.
At the time, all discipline seems a cause Then he will say to you, I do not
not for joy but for pain, yet later it brings know where you are from. Depart from
the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those me, all you evildoers!
who are trained by it.
And there will be wailing and grinding of
So strengthen your drooping hands and teeth when you see Abraham, Isaac, and
your weak knees. Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom
Make straight paths for your feet, that of God and you yourselves cast out.
what is lame may not be disjointed but And people will come from the east
healed. and the west and from the north and the
The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God. south and will recline at table in the
kingdom of God.
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For behold, some are last who will be
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I am the way, the truth and the life,
first, and some are first who will be last.
says the Lord; no one comes to the F ather, The Gospel of the Lord.
except through me. Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
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and recline at table in the kingdom of God. IN " RDIN A RY ) I M E
Jesus passed through towns and villages, READING I A$E.D:",)!1+!(2"372"3(+3@"
teaching as he went and making his way Humble yourself and you will find favor with God.
to Jerusalem. From the Book of Sirach
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My child, conduct your affairs with humil- and a voice speaking words such that
ity, and you will be loved more than a those who heard begged that no message
giver of gifts. be further addressed to them.
Humble yourself the more, the greater No, you have approached Mount Zion and
you are, and you will find favor with God. the city of the living God, the heavenly
What is too sublime for you, seek not, Jerusalem, and countless angels in festal
gathering, and the assembly of the first-
into things beyond your strength search
born enrolled in heaven, and God the judge
not.
of all, and the spirits of the just made
The mind of a sage appreciates proverbs, perfect, and Jesus, the mediator of a new
and an attentive ear is the joy of the wise. covenant, and the sprinkled blood that
Water quenches a flaming fire, and alms speaks more eloquently than that of Abel.
atone for sins. The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
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and humble of heart.
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they are glad and rejoice. Sing to God,
chant praise to his name; whose name is GOSPEL ;<=>"!*)!2"1+!*"
the LORD. R: Everyone who exalts himself will be humbled,
everyone who humbles himself will be exalted.
The father of orphans and the defender of
widows is God in his holy dwelling. God
gives a home to the forsaken; he leads On a sabbath Jesus went to dine at the
forth prisoners to prosperity. R: home of one of the leading Pharisees,
Bountiful rain you showered down, O God, and the people there were observing him
upon your inheritance; you restored the carefully.
land when it languished; your flock settled He told a parable to those who had been
in it; in your goodness, O God, you pro- invited, noticing how they were choosing
vided it for the needy. R: the places of honor at the table.
READING II S>BE>P'"!3)!(+!@2"33+3*."
When you are invited by someone to a
wedding banquet, do not recline at table
You have approached Mount Zion
and the city of the living God. in the place of honor.
From the Letter to the Hebrews A more distinguished guest than you may
have been invited by him, and the host
Brothers and sisters: who invited both of you may approach
You have not approached that which could you and say, Give your place to this man,
be touched and a blazing fire and gloomy and then you would proceed with
darkness and storm and a trumpet blast embarrassment to take the lowest place.
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Rather, when you are invited, go and take And scarce do we guess the things on
the lowest place so that when the host earth, and what is within our grasp we
comes to you he may say, My friend, find with difficulty; but when things are
move up to a higher position. Then you in heaven, who can search them out?
will enjoy the esteem of your compan- Or who ever knew your counsel, except
ions at the table. you had given wisdom and sent your holy
For everyone who exalts himself will be spirit from on high?
humbled, but the one who humbles him- And thus were the paths of those on earth
self will be exalted. made straight.
Then he said to the host who invited him, The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
When you hold a lunch or a dinner, do
not invite your friends or your brothers or RESPONSORIAL -'./0"@7),+62"!3+!1"
your relatives or your wealthy neighbors, Response:!!5-!):)+7!&.)3!>!8#+,3!
in case they may invite you back and you ! 7#$!(&:)!D))-!#$+!+)9$.)0! !
have repayment.
You turn man back to dust, saying, Return,
Rather, when you hold a banquet, invite O children of men. For a thousand years in
the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind; your sight are as yesterday, now that it is
blessed indeed will you be because of past, or as a watch of the night. R:
their inability to repay you. You make an end of them in their sleep; the
For you will be repaid at the resurrection next morning they are like the changing
of the righteous. grass, which at dawn springs up anew, but
by evening wilts and fades. R:
Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ. Teach us to number our days aright, that we
may gain wisdom of heart. Return, O LORD!
How long? Have pity on your servants! R:
)@+&)(R)S%#$!H\&$'(!%&! Fill us at daybreak with your kindness,
"#$%&'#(!)%*+! ! that we may shout for joy and gladness
all our days. And may the gracious care
of the LORD our God be ours; prosper the
READING I Q$'R90"@)!,+!(B"
work of our hands for us! Prosper the
Who can conceive what the Lord intends? work of our hands! R:
READING II -:$/>09%"@+!72"!3+!1"
Who can know Gods counsel, or who
Receive him no longer as a slave
can conceive what the LORD intends? but as a beloved brother.
For the deliberations of mortals are timid, From the Letter of Saint Paul to Philemon
and unsure are our plans.
I, Paul, an old man, and now also a pris-
For the corruptible body burdens the soul oner for Christ Jesus, urge you on behalf
and the earthen shelter weighs down the of my child Onesimus, whose father I
mind that has many concerns. have become in my imprisonment; I am
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sending him, that is, my own heart, back Otherwise, after laying the foundation
to you. and finding himself unable to finish the
I should have liked to retain him for my- work the onlookers should laugh at him
self, so that he might serve me on your and say, This one began to build but did
behalf in my imprisonment for the gospel, not have the resources to finish.
but I did not want to do anything without Or what king marching into battle would
your consent, so that the good you do not first sit down and decide whether with
might not be forced but voluntary. ten thousand troops he can successfully
Perhaps this is why he was away from oppose another king advancing upon him
you for a while, that you might have him with twenty thousand troops? But if not,
back forever, no longer as a slave but while he is still far away, he will send a
more than a slave, a brother, beloved espe- delegation to ask for peace terms.
cially to me, but even more so to you, In the same way, anyone of you who
as a man and in the Lord. does not renounce all his possessions can-
not be my disciple.
So if you regard me as a partner, welcome
him as you would me. The Gospel of the Lord.
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Let your face shine upon your servant;
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and teach me your laws.
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The Lord relented in the punishment
GOSPEL ;<=>"!*)3?+,," he had threatened to inflict on his people.
Anyone of you who does not From the Book of Exodus
renounce all possessions cannot be my disciple.
h From the holy Gospel according to Luke The LORD said to Moses, Go down at
once to your people, whom you brought
Great crowds were traveling with Jesus, out of the land of Egypt, for they have
and he turned and addressed them, become depraved.
If anyone comes to me without hating They have soon turned aside from the way
his father and mother, wife and children, I pointed out to them, making for them-
brothers and sisters, and even his own life, selves a molten calf and worshiping it,
he cannot be my disciple. sacrificing to it and crying out, This is
Whoever does not carry his own cross your God, O Israel, who brought you
and come after me cannot be my disciple. out of the land of Egypt!
Which of you wishing to construct a I see how stiff-necked this people is,
tower does not first sit down and calcu- continued the LORD to Moses.
late the cost to see if there is enough for Let me alone, then, that my wrath may
its completion? blaze up against them to consume them.
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Then I will make of you a great nation. considered me trustworthy in appoint-

But Moses implored the LORD, his God, ing me to the ministry.
saying, Why, O LORD, should your wrath I was once a blasphemer and a persecutor
blaze up against your own people, whom and arrogant, but I have been mercifully
you brought out of the land of Egypt with treated because I acted out of ignorance
such great power and with so strong a in my unbelief.
hand?
Indeed, the grace of our Lord has been
Remember your servants Abraham, Isaac, abundant, along with the faith and love
and Israel, and how you swore to them by that are in Christ Jesus.
your own self, saying, I will make your
This saying is trustworthy and deserves
descendants as numerous as the stars in
full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into
the sky; and all this land that I promised, I
the world to save sinners. Of these I am
will give your descendants as their perpe-
the foremost.
tual heritage.
But for that reason I was mercifully treated,
So the LORD relented in the punishment
so that in me, as the foremost, Christ Jesus
he had threatened to inflict on his people.
might display all his patience as an exam-
The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God. ple for those who would come to believe
in him for everlasting life.
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ible, the only God, honor and glory forever
Have mercy on me, O God, in your good- and ever. Amen.
ness; in the greatness of your compassion
wipe out my offense. Thoroughly wash me
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steadfast spirit renew within me. Cast me God was reconciling the world
not out from your presence, and your holy to himself in Christ and entrusting to us
spirit take not from me. R: the message of reconciliation.
1'')'$2&3!&'')'$2&4!
O LORD, open my lips, and my mouth shall
proclaim your praise. My sacrifice, O God, GOSPEL ;<=>"!?)!+,3"
is a contrite spirit; a heart contrite and There will be great joy in heaven
humbled, O God, you will not spurn. R: over one sinner who repents.
READING II G"U$095:J"!)!3+!1"
Christ came to save sinners.
Tax collectors and sinners were all draw-
ing near to listen to Jesus, but the Pharisees
From the first Letter of Saint Paul to Timothy
and scribes began to complain, saying,
Beloved: This man welcomes sinners and eats with
I am grateful to him who has strengthened them.
me, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he So to them he addressed this parable.
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What man among you having a hundred himself out to one of the local citizens
sheep and losing one of them would not who sent him to his farm to tend the
leave the ninety-nine in the desert and go swine.
after the lost one until he finds it?
And he longed to eat his fill of the pods
And when he does find it, he sets it on on which the swine fed, but nobody gave
his shoulders with great joy and, upon him any.
his arrival home, he calls together his Coming to his senses he thought, How
friends and neighbors and says to them, many of my fathers hired workers have
Rejoice with me because I have found more than enough food to eat, but here
my lost sheep.
am I, dying from hunger. I shall get up
I tell you, in just the same way there will and go to my father and I shall say to him,
be more joy in heaven over one sinner who Father, I have sinned against heaven and
repents than over ninety-nine righteous against you. I no longer deserve to be called
people who have no need of repentance. your son; treat me as you would treat one
of your hired workers.
Or what woman having ten coins and
losing one would not light a lamp and So he got up and went back to his father.
sweep the house, searching carefully until While he was still a long way off, his
she finds it?
father caught sight of him, and was filled
And when she does find it, she calls with compassion. He ran to his son,
together her friends and neighbors and embraced him and kissed him.
says to them, Rejoice with me because I His son said to him, Father, I have
have found the coin that I lost.
sinned against heaven and against you; I
In just the same way, I tell you, there no longer deserve to be called your son.
will be rejoicing among the angels of But his father ordered his servants,
God over one sinner who repents.
Quickly bring the finest robe and put it
Then he said, A man had two sons, and on him; put a ring on his finger and san-
the younger son said to his father, Father dals on his feet. Take the fattened calf and
give me the share of your estate that slaughter it. Then let us celebrate with a
should come to me. feast, because this son of mine was dead,
So the father divided the property be- and has come to life again; he was lost,
and has been found.
tween them.
Then the celebration began.
After a few days, the younger son col-
lected all his belongings and set off to a Now the older son had been out in the
distant country where he squandered his field and, on his way back, as he neared
inheritance on a life of dissipation. the house, he heard the sound of music
and dancing. He called one of the ser-
When he had freely spent everything, a
vants and asked what this might mean.
severe famine struck that country, and he
found himself in dire need. So he hired The servant said to him, Your brother
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has returned and your father has slaugh- the poor for a pair of sandals; even the
tered the fattened calf because he has him refuse of the wheat we will sell!
back safe and sound.
The LORD has sworn by the pride of Jacob:
He became angry, and when he refused Never will I forget a thing they have done!
to enter the house, his father came out The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
and pleaded with him.
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me even a young goat to feast on with my Praise, you servants of the LORD, praise the
friends. But when your son returns, who name of the LORD. Blessed be the name of
swallowed up your property with prosti- the LORD both now and forever. R:
tutes, for him you slaughter the fattened
calf. High above all nations is the LORD; above
the heavens is his glory. Who is like the
He said to him, My son, you are here LORD, our God, who is enthroned on high
with me always; everything I have is and looks upon the heavens and the earth
yours. But now we must celebrate and re- below? R:
joice, because your brother was dead and
He raises up the lowly from the dust;
has come to life again; he was lost and
from the dunghill he lifts up the poor to
has been found.
seat them with princes, with the princes
The Gospel of the Lord. of his own people. R:
READING II !"U$095:J"3)"!+(
Let prayers be offered for everyone to God,
who wills everyone to be saved.
)@+&)(RO%O)S!H\&$'(!%&!
"#$%&'#(!)%*+! ! From the first Letter of St. Paul to Timothy
Beloved:
READING I V09'"()*+"1" First of all, I ask that supplications, prayers,
Against those who buy the poor for money. petitions, and thanksgivings be offered
From the Book of the Prophet Amos for everyone, for kings and for all in
authority, that we may lead a quiet and
Hear this, you who trample upon the tranquil life in all devotion and dignity.
needy and destroy the poor of the land!
This is good and pleasing to God our
When will the new moon be over, you savior, who wills everyone to be saved
ask, that we may sell our grain, and the and to come to knowledge of the truth.
sabbath, that we may display the wheat?
For there is one God. There is also one
We will diminish the ephah, add to the mediator between God and men, the man
shekel, and fix our scales for cheating! Christ Jesus, who gave himself as ran-
We will buy the lowly for silver, and som for all.
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This was the testimony at the proper olive oil.

time.
He said to him, Here is your promissory
For this I was appointed preacher and note. Sit down and quickly write one for
apostle I am speaking the truth, I am fifty.
not lying teacher of the Gentiles in
faith and truth. Then to another the steward said,
And you, how much do you owe?
It is my wish, then, that in every place
the men should pray, lifting up holy He replied, One hundred kors of wheat.
hands, without anger or argument. The steward said to him, Here is your
The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God. promissory note; write one for eighty.
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And the master commended that dis-
honest steward for acting prudently. For
1'')'$2&3!&'')'$2&4!
the children of this world are more pru-
Though our Lord Jesus Christ was rich,
he became poor, so that by his poverty dent in dealing with their own gen-
you might become rich. eration than are the children of light.
1'')'$2&3!&'')'$2&4! I tell you, make friends for yourselves
GOSPEL ;<=>"!6)!+!," with dishonest wealth, so that when it
You cannot serve both God and mammon. fails, you will be welcomed into eternal
dwellings.
Jesus said to his disciples, The person who is trustworthy in very
small matters is also trustworthy in great
A rich man had a steward who was re- ones; and the person who is dishonest
ported to him for squandering his property. in very small matters is also dishonest
He summoned him and said, What is this in great ones.
I hear about you? Prepare a full account
of your stewardship, because you can no If, therefore, you are not trustworthy
longer be my steward. with dishonest wealth, who will trust
you with true wealth?
The steward said to himself, What shall
I do, now that my master is taking the If you are not trustworthy with what
position of steward away from me? I am belongs to another, who will give you
not strong enough to dig and I am ashamed what is yours?
to beg. I know what I shall do so that, No servant can serve two masters. He
when I am removed from the stewardship, will either hate one and love the other,
they may welcome me into their homes. or be devoted to one and despise the
He called in his masters debtors one by other.
one. To the first he said, How much do You cannot serve both God and mammon.
you owe my master? The Gospel of the Lord.
He replied, One hundred measures of Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
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READING II !"U$095:J"6)"!!+!6"
)@+&)(RH%^)S!H\&$'(!%&! Keep the commandment
"#$%&'#(!)%*+! ! until the appearance of the Lord Jesus Christ.
From the first Letter of St. Paul to Timothy
READING I V09'"6)"!".2"*+"1 But you, man of God, pursue righteous-
Their wanton revelry shall be done away with. ness, devotion, faith, love, patience, and
From the Book of the Prophet Amos gentleness.
Thus says the LORD, the God of hosts: Compete well for the faith. Lay hold of
Woe to the complacent in Zion! eternal life, to which you were called
when you made the noble confession in
Lying upon beds of ivory, stretched com- the presence of many witnesses.
fortably on their couches, they eat lambs I charge you before God, who gives life
taken from the flock, and calves from to all things, and before Christ Jesus, who
the stall! gave testimony under Pontius Pilate for
Improvising to the music of the harp, like the noble confession, to keep the com-
David, they devise their own accompa- mandment without stain or reproach until
niment. the appearance of our Lord Jesus Christ
that the blessed and only ruler will make
They drink wine from bowls and anoint manifest at the proper time, the King of
themselves with the best oils; yet they are kings and Lord of lords, who alone has
not made ill by the collapse of Joseph! immortality, who dwells in unapproach-
Therefore, now they shall be the first to able light, and whom no human being has
go into exile, and their wanton revelry seen or can see.
shall be done away with. To him be honor and eternal power. Amen.
The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God. The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
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Though our Lord Jesus Christ was rich,
The LORD keeps faith forever, secures jus- he became poor, so that by his poverty
tice for the oppressed, gives food to the you might become rich.
hungry. The LORD sets captives free. R: 1'')'$2&3!&'')'$2&4!
The LORD gives sight to the blind. The GOSPEL ;<=>"!6)!@+,!"

LORD raises up those who were bowed You received what was good, Lazarus what was bad;
now he is comforted, whereas you are tormented.
down; the LORD loves the just. The LORD
protects strangers. R: h From the holy Gospel according to Luke
The fatherless and the widow he sustains, Jesus said to the Pharisees:
but the way of the wicked he thwarts. The There was a rich man who dressed in
LORD shall reign forever; your God, O Zion, purple garments and fine linen and dined
through all generations. Alleluia. R: sumptuously each day.
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And lying at his door was a poor man rise from the dead.
named Lazarus, covered with sores, who The Gospel of the Lord.
would gladly have eaten his fill of the Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
scraps that fell from the rich mans table.
Dogs even used to come and lick his
sores.
)@+&)(RH+Z+&)S!H\&$'(!
When the poor man died, he was carried %&!"#$%&'#(!)%*+! !
away by angels to the bosom of Abraham.
The rich man also died and was buried, READING I S.B.==<="!")3+,F"3)3+*"
and from the netherworld, where he was The just one, because of his faith, shall live.
in torment, he raised his eyes and saw
From the Book of the Prophet Habakkuk
Abraham far off and Lazarus at his side.
How long, O LORD? I cry for help but
And he cried out, Father Abraham, have
you do not listen!
pity on me. Send Lazarus to dip the tip
of his finger in water and cool my tongue, I cry out to you, Violence! but you do
for I am suffering torment in these flames. not intervene.
Abraham replied, My child, remember Why do you let me see ruin; why must I
that you received what was good during look at misery? Destruction and violence
your lifetime while Lazarus likewise are before me; there is strife, and clam-
received what was bad; but now he is com- orous discord.
forted here, whereas you are tormented.
Then the Lord answered me and said: Write
Moreover, between us and you a great down the vision clearly upon the tablets,
chasm is established to prevent anyone so that one can read it readily. For the
from crossing who might wish to go from vision still has its time, presses on to ful-
our side to yours or from your side to fillment, and will not disappoint; if it delays,
ours. wait for it, it will surely come, it will not
He said, Then I beg you, father, send be late.
him to my fathers house, for I have five The rash one has no integrity; but the
brothers, so that he may warn them, lest just one, because of his faith, shall live.
they too come to this place of torment.
But Abraham replied, They have Moses
and the prophets. Let them listen to them. RESPONSORIAL -'./0"@?)!+326+@"
He said, Oh no, father Abraham, but Response:!!59!%#,&7!7#$!()&+!(2/!:#2;)3!

if someone from the dead goes to them, (&+,)-!-#%!7#$+!()&+%/0! !
they will repent. Come, let us sing joyfully to the LORD; let
Then Abraham said, If they will not us acclaim the Rock of our salvation. Let us
listen to Moses and the prophets, neither come into his presence with thanksgiving;
will they be persuaded if someone should let us joyfully sing psalms to him. R:
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Come, let us bow down in worship; let us GOSPEL ;<=>"!1)?+!7"

kneel before the LORD who made us. For If you have faith!
he is our God, and we are the people he h From the holy Gospel according to Luke
shepherds, the flock he guides. R:
The apostles said to the Lord, Increase
Oh, that today you would hear his voice: our faith.
Harden not your hearts as at Meribah, as
The Lord replied,
in WKH GD\ RI 0DVVDK LQ WKH GHVHUW
Where your fathers tempted me; they If you have faith the size of a mustard
tested me though they had seen my seed, you would say to this mulberry
works. R: tree, Be uprooted and planted in the
sea, and it would obey you.
READING II 3"U$095:J"!)6+(2"!,+!*"
Who among you would say to your ser-
Do not be ashamed of your testimony to our Lord.
vant who has just come in from plowing
From the second Letter of St. Paul to Timothy or tending sheep in the field, Come here
Beloved: immediately and take your place at table?
I remind you to stir into flame the gift of Would he not rather say to him, Prepare
God that you have through the imposition something for me to eat. Put on your
of my hands. apron and wait on me while I eat and
drink. You may eat and drink when I am
For God did not give us a spirit of coward- finished?
ice but rather of power and love and
self-control. Is he grateful to that servant because
he did what was commanded?
So do not be ashamed of your testimony
to our Lord, nor of me, a prisoner for his So should it be with you. When you
sake; but bear your share of hardship for have done all you have been commanded,
the gospel with the strength that comes say, We are unprofitable servants; we
from God. have done what we were obliged to do.
Take as your norm the sound words that
you heard from me, in the faith and love
that are in Christ Jesus.
Guard this rich trust with the help of )@+&)(R+%]S)S!H\&$'(!
the Holy Spirit that dwells within us. %&!"#$%&'#(!)%*+! !
READING I 3"#$%&'"?)!*+!1"
ALLELUIA !"->5>E"!")3?"
Naaman returned to the man of God and
1'')'$2&3!&'')'$2&4! acknowledged the Lord.
The word of the Lord remains forever. From the second Book of Kings
This is the word that has been
proclaimed to you. Naaman went down and plunged into the
1'')'$2&3!&'')'$2&4! Jordan seven times at the word of Elisha,
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the man of God. His flesh became again dead, a descendant of David: such is my
like the flesh of a little child, and he was gospel, for which I am suffering, even to
clean of his leprosy. the point of chains, like a criminal.
Naaman returned with his whole retinue to But the word of God is not chained.
the man of God. On his arrival he stood Therefore, I bear with everything for the
before Elisha and said, Now I know sake of those who are chosen, so that they
that there is no God in all the earth, too may obtain the salvation that is in
except in Israel. Please accept a gift from Christ Jesus, together with eternal glory.
your servant.
This saying is trustworthy: If we have
Elisha replied, As the LORD lives whom died with him we shall also live with him;
I serve, I will not take it; and despite if we persevere we shall also reign with
Naamans urging, he still refused. him. But if we deny him he will deny
Naaman said: If you will not accept, us.
please let me, your servant, have two If we are unfaithful he remains faithful,
mule-loads of earth, for I will no longer for he cannot deny himself.
offer holocaust or sacrifice to any other
god except to the LORD. The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God. ALLELUIA !"U:>''./9%$.%'"?)"!("
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In all circumstances, give thanks, for this
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Sing to the LORD a new song, for he has
GOSPEL ;<=>"!1)!!+!@"
done wondrous deeds; his right hand has
None but this foreigner has returned to give thanks to God.
won victory for him, his holy arm. R:
The LORD has made his salvation known: h From the holy Gospel according to Luke
in the sight of the nations he has revealed As Jesus continued his journey to Jerusa-
his justice. He has remembered his kind- lem, he traveled through Samaria and
ness and his faithfulness toward the house of Galilee.
Israel. R:
As he was entering a village, ten lepers
All the ends of the earth have seen the
salvation by our God. Sing joyfully to the met him. They stood at a distance from
LORD, all you lands: break into song; sing him and raised their voices, saying, Jesus,
praise. R: Master! Have pity on us!
And when he saw them, he said, Go
READING II 3"U$095:J"3)(+!,"
show yourselves to the priests.
If we persevere we shall also reign with Christ.
As they were going they were cleansed.
From the second Letter of St. Paul to Timothy
And one of them, realizing he had been
Beloved: healed, returned, glorifying God in a loud
Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the voice; and he fell at the feet of Jesus and
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thanked him. He was a Samaritan. till sunset.

Jesus said in reply, Ten were cleansed, And Joshua mowed down Amalek and
were they not? Where are the other nine? his people with the edge of the sword.
Has none but this foreigner returned to The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
give thanks to God?
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Then he said to him, Stand up and go;
your faith has saved you. Response:!!>$+!()'6!2/!9+#<!%()!8#+,3!
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Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ. I lift up my eyes toward the mountains;
whence shall help come to me? My help
is from the LORD, who made heaven and
)@+&)(R&%&)S!H\&$'(!%&! earth. R:
"#$%&'#(!)%*+! ! May he not suffer your foot to slip; may

he slumber not who guards you: indeed he
neither slumbers nor sleeps, the guardian of
READING I NT9R<'"!1)(+!," Israel. R:
As long as Moses kept his hands raised up,
Israel had the better of the fight. The LORD is your guardian; the LORD is
From the Book of Exodus your shade; he is beside you at your right
hand. The sun shall not harm you by day,
In those days, Amalek came and waged nor the moon by night. R:
war against Israel.
The LORD will guard you from all evil;
Moses, therefore, said to Joshua, Pick he will guard your life. The LORD will guard
out certain men, and tomorrow go out your coming and your going, both now
and engage Amalek in battle. I will be and forever. R:
standing on top of the hill with the staff
of God in my hand. READING II 3"U$095:J",)"!*+*)3"
One who belongs to God may be competent,
So Joshua did as Moses told him: he equipped for every good work.
engaged Amalek in battle after Moses From the second Letter of St. Paul to Timothy
had climbed to the top of the hill with
Aaron and Hur. Beloved:
Remain faithful to what you have learned
As long as Moses kept his hands raised
and believed, because you know from
up, Israel had the better of the fight, but
whom you learned it, and that from infancy
when he let his hands rest, Amalek had
you have known the sacred Scriptures,
the better of the fight.
which are capable of giving you wis-
Moses hands, however, grew tired; so they dom for salvation through faith in Christ
put a rock in place for him to sit on. Jesus.
Meanwhile Aaron and Hur supported his All Scripture is inspired by God and is
hands, one on one side and one on the useful for teaching, for refutation, for correc-
other, so that his hands remained steady tion, and for training in righteousness,
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so that one who belongs to God may be secure the rights of his chosen ones who
competent, equipped for every good call out to him day and night? Will he be
work. slow to answer them?
I charge you in the presence of God and I tell you, he will see to it that justice
of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living is done for them speedily. But when the
and the dead, and by his appearing and Son of Man comes, will he find faith on
his kingly power: proclaim the word; be earth?
persistent whether it is convenient or in- The Gospel of the Lord.
convenient; convince, reprimand, encour- Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
age through all patience and teaching.
)S%#)%+)S!H\&$'(!%&!
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The word of God is living and effective,
READING I A$E.D:",?)!3+!*2"!6+!("
discerning reflections and thoughts
The prayer of the lowly pierces the clouds.
of the heart.
1'')'$2&3!&'')'$2&4! From the Book of Sirach
GOSPEL ;<=>"!()!+(" The LORD is a God of justice, who knows
God will secure the rights of his chosen ones no favorites. Though not unduly partial
who call out to him. toward the weak, yet he hears the cry of
h From the holy Gospel according to Luke the oppressed.
Jesus told his disciples a parable about The LORD is not deaf to the wail of the
the necessity for them to pray always with- orphan, nor to the widow when she pours
out becoming weary. out her complaint.
He said, There was a judge in a certain The one who serves God willingly is
town who neither feared God nor re- heard; his petition reaches the heavens.
spected any human being. The prayer of the lowly pierces the clouds;
And a widow in that town used to come it does not rest till it reaches its goal, nor
to him and say, Render a just decision will it withdraw till the Most High re-
for me against my adversary. sponds, judges justly and affirms the right,
and the LORD will not delay.
For a long time the judge was un-
willing, but eventually he thought, While The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
it is true that I neither fear God nor
respect any human being, because this RESPONSORIAL -'./0",*)3+,2"!1+!(2"!@2"3,"
widow keeps bothering me I shall deliver Response:!A()!8#+,!()&+/!%()!;+7!#9!%()!6##+0! !
a just decision for her lest she finally I will bless the LORD at all times; his praise
come and strike me. shall be ever in my mouth. Let my soul glory
The Lord said, Pay attention to what the in the LORD; the lowly will hear me and be
dishonest judge says. Will not God then glad. R:
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The LORD confronts the evildoers, to de- To him be glory forever and ever. Amen.
stroy remembrance of them from the earth. The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
When the just cry out, the LORD hears
them, and from all their distress he res- ALLELUIA 3"H9E$%5:$.%'"?)!@"
cues them. R:
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The LORD is close to the brokenhearted; God was reconciling the world to himself
and those who are crushed in spirit he in Christ, and entrusting to us
saves. The LORD redeems the lives of his the message of salvation.
servants; no one incurs guilt who takes 1'')'$2&3!&'')'$2&4!
refuge in him. R:
GOSPEL ;<=>"!()@+!*"
The tax collector, not the Pharisee,
READING II 3"U$095:J"*)6+(2"!6+!(" went home justified.
From now on, the crown of righteousness awaits me.
Jesus addressed this parable to those who
Beloved: were convinced of their own righteous-
I am already being poured out like a ness and despised everyone else.
libation, and the time of my departure Two people went up to the temple area
is at hand. to pray; one was a Pharisee and the other
was a tax collector.
I have competed well; I have finished the
race; I have kept the faith. The Pharisee took up his position and
spoke this prayer to himself, O God, I
From now on the crown of righteousness
thank you that I am not like the rest of
awaits me, which the Lord, the just judge,
humanity greedy, dishonest, adulter-
will award to me on that day, and not
ous or even like this tax collector. I
only to me, but to all who have longed for
fast twice a week, and I pay tithes on
his appearance.
my whole income.
At my first defense no one appeared on
But the tax collector stood off at a
my behalf, but everyone deserted me.
distance and would not even raise his
May it not be held against them!
eyes to heaven but beat his breast and
But the Lord stood by me and gave me prayed, O God, be merciful to me a
strength, so that through me the procla- sinner.
mation might be completed and all the
I tell you, the latter went home jus-
Gentiles might hear it.
tified, not the former; for whoever exalts
And I was rescued from the lions mouth. himself will be humbled, and the one
The Lord will rescue me from every who humbles himself will be exalted.
evil threat and will bring me safe to his The Gospel of the Lord.
heavenly kingdom. Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
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is good to all and compassionate toward

)S%#)(RO%#H)!H\&$'(!%&! all his works. R:
"#$%&'#(!)%*+! ! Let all your works give you thanks, O LORD,
and let your faithful ones bless you. Let
READING I Q$'R90"!!)33+!3)3" them discourse of the glory of your king-
You have mercy on all because you love dom and speak of your might. R:
all things that are.
The LORD is faithful in all his words and
holy in all his works. The LORD lifts up
Before the LORD the whole universe is as all who are falling and raises up all who
a grain from a balance or a drop of morn- are bowed down. R:
ing dew come down upon the earth.
READING II 3"U:>''./9%$.%'"!)"!!+3)3"
But you have mercy on all, because
May the name of Christ be glorified in you and you in him.
you can do all things; and you overlook
peoples sins that they may repent. From the second Letter of St. Paul
to the Thessalonians
For you love all things that are and loathe
nothing that you have made; for what you Brothers and sisters:
hated, you would not have fashioned. We always pray for you, that our God
And how could a thing remain, unless may make you worthy of his calling
you willed it; or be preserved, had it not and powerfully bring to fulfillment every
been called forth by you? good purpose and every effort of faith,
But you spare all things, because they are that the name of our Lord Jesus may be
yours, O LORD and lover of souls, for glorified in you, and you in him, in accord
with the grace of our God and Lord Jesus
your imperishable spirit is in all things!
Christ.
Therefore you rebuke offenders little by
little, warn them and remind them of the We ask you, brothers and sisters, with
sins they are committing, that they may regard to the coming of our Lord Jesus
abandon their wickedness and believe in Christ and our assembling with him, not
you, O LORD! to be shaken out of your minds suddenly,
or to be alarmed either by a spirit, or by
The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God. an oral statement, or by a letter allegedly
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Lord is at hand.
Response:!!! 5!*2''!6+&2/)!7#$+!-&<)!
9#+):)+3!<7!G2-.!&-,!<7!"#,0! ! The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
I will extol you, O my God and King, and I ALLELUIA 89:%",)!6"
will bless your name forever and ever. Every
1'')'$2&3!&'')'$2&4!
day will I bless you, and I will praise your God so loved the world that he gave his
name forever and ever. R:
only Son, so that everyone who believes
The LORD is gracious and merciful, slow in him might have eternal life.
to anger and of great kindness. The LORD 1'')'$2&3!&'')'$2&4!
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GOSPEL ;<=>"!@)"!+!7"
The Son of Man has come to seek
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and to save what was lost. "#$%&'#(!)%*+! !
At that time, Jesus came to Jericho and READING I 3"O.DD.B>>'"1)!+32"@+!*"
intended to pass through the town. The King of the world will raise us up to live again forever.
Now a man there named Zacchaeus, From the second Book of Maccabees
who was a chief tax collector and also a It happened that seven brothers with their
wealthy man, was seeking to see who mother were arrested and tortured with
Jesus was; but he could not see him be- whips and scourges by the king, to force
cause of the crowd, for he was short in them to eat pork in violation of Gods law.
stature.
One of the brothers, speaking for the others,
So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore said: What do you expect to achieve by
tree in order to see Jesus, who was about questioning us? We are ready to die rather
to pass that way. than transgress the laws of our ancestors.
When he reached the place, Jesus looked At the point of death he said: You ac-
up and said, Zacchaeus, come down cursed fiend, you are depriving us of this
quickly, for today I must stay at your present life, but the King of the world will
house. raise us up to live again forever. It is
And he came down quickly and received for his laws that we are dying.
him with joy. After him the third suffered their cruel
When they all saw this, they began to sport. He put out his tongue at once when
grumble, saying, He has gone to stay told to do so, and bravely held out his
at the house of a sinner. hands, as he spoke these noble words: It
was from Heaven that I received these;
But Zacchaeus stood there and said to for the sake of his laws I disdain them;
the Lord, Behold, half of my posses- from him I hope to receive them again.
sions, Lord, I shall give to the poor, and
if I have extorted anything from anyone I Even the king and his attendants marveled
shall repay it four times over. at the young mans courage, because he
regarded his sufferings as nothing.
And Jesus said to him,
After he had died, they tortured and mal-
Today salvation has come to this house treated the fourth brother in the same way.
because this man too is a descendant of When he was near death, he said, It is my
Abraham. choice to die at the hands of men with the
For the Son of Man has come to seek hope God gives of being raised up by him;
and to save what was lost. but for you, there will be no resurrection
to life.
Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ. The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
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RESPONSORIAL -'./0"!1)!2?+62(2"!?" May the Lord direct your hearts to the

Response:!!8#+,3!*()-!7#$+!.'#+7! love of God and to the endurance of Christ.
&66)&+/3!<7!@#7!*2''!D)!9$''0! ! The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
Hear, O LORD, a just suit; attend to my ALLELUIA M>W>/.5$9%"!")A.2"6B"
outcry; hearken to my prayer from lips
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without deceit. R:
Jesus Christ is the firstborn of the dead;
My steps have been steadfast in your paths, to him be glory and power, forever and ever.
my feet have not faltered. I call upon you, 1'')'$2&3!&'')'$2&4!
for you will answer me, O God; incline
your ear to me; hear my word. R:
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He is not God of the dead, but of the living.
Keep me as the apple of your eye, hide h From the holy Gospel according to Luke
me in the shadow of your wings. But I in
justice shall behold your face; on waking Some Sadducees, those who deny that
I shall be content in your presence. R: there is a resurrection, came forward
and put this question to Jesus, saying,
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Teacher, Moses wrote for us, If someones
May the Lord encourage your hearts and strengthen
them in every good deed and word.
brother dies leaving a wife but no child,
his brother must take the wife and raise
From the second Letter of Saint Paul up descendants for his brother.
to the Thessalonians
Now there were seven brothers; the first
Brothers and sisters: married a woman but died childless. Then
May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and the second and the third married her, and
God our Father, who has loved us and likewise all the seven died childless.
given us everlasting encouragement and Finally the woman also died.
good hope through his grace, encourage Now at the resurrection whose wife will
your hearts and strengthen them in that woman be? For all seven had been
every good deed and word. married to her.
Finally, brothers and sisters, pray for us, Jesus said to them, The children of this
so that the word of the Lord may speed age marry and remarry; but those who are
forward and be glorified, as it did among deemed worthy to attain to the coming age
you, and that we may be delivered from and to the resurrection of the dead neither
perverse and wicked people, for not all marry nor are given in marriage.
have faith.
They can no longer die, for they are like
But the Lord is faithful; he will strengthen angels; and they are the children of God
you and guard you from the evil one. because they are the ones who will rise.
We are confident of you in the Lord that That the dead will rise even Moses made
what we instruct you, you are doing and known in the passage about the bush,
will continue to do. when he called out Lord, the God of
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Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the READING II 3"U:>''./9%$.%'",)1+!3

God of Jacob; and he is not God of the If anyone is unwilling to work, neither should that one eat.
dead, but of the living, for to him all From the second Letter of St. Paul
are alive. to the Thessalonians
The Gospel of the Lord. Brothers and sisters:
You know how one must imitate us.
For we did not act in a disorderly way
)S%#)(R)S%#$!H\&$'(!%&! among you, nor did we eat food received
"#$%&'#(!)%*+! ! free from anyone.
On the contrary, in toil and drudgery,
FIRST READING O./.D:$",)"!@+37." night and day we worked, so as not to
The sun of justice will shine on you. burden any of you.
From the Book of the Prophet Malachi Not that we do not have the right. Rather,
Lo, the day is coming, blazing like an we wanted to present ourselves as a model
oven, when all the proud and all evildoers for you, so that you might imitate us. In
will be stubble, and the day that is com- fact, when we were with you, we in-
ing will set them on fire, leaving them structed you that if anyone was unwilling
neither root nor branch, says the LORD of to work, neither should that one eat.
hosts. We hear that some are conducting them-
But for you who fear my name, there will selves among you in a disorderly way, by
arise the sun of justice with its healing not keeping busy but minding the business
rays. of others.
The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God. Such people we instruct and urge in the
Lord Jesus Christ to work quietly and
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to eat their own food.
Response:!A()!8#+,!;#<)/!%#!+$')! ! The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
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Sing praise to the LORD with the harp, ALLELUIA ;<=>"3!)3("
with the harp and melodious song. With 1'')'$2&3!&'')'$2&4!
trumpets and the sound of the horn sing Stand erect and raise your heads
joyfully before the King, the LORD. R: because your redemption is at hand.
Let the sea and what fills it resound, the 1'')'$2&3!&'')'$2&4!
world and those who dwell in it; let the GOSPEL ;<=>"3!")?+!@"
rivers clap their hands, the mountains By your perseverance you will secure your lives.
shout with them for joy. R:
Before the LORD, for he comes, for he
comes to rule the earth; he will rule the While some people were speaking about
world with justice and the peoples with how the temple was adorned with costly
equity. R: stones and votive offerings, Jesus said,
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All that you see here the days will my name, but not a hair on your head
come when there will not be left a will be destroyed.
stone upon another stone that will not be By your perseverance you will secure
thrown down. your lives.
Then they asked him, Teacher, when The Gospel of the Lord.
will this happen? And what sign will Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
there be when all these things are about
to happen?
He answered, See that you not be de- ,S#%H)!)S+!.%&] <'H)! ! !
ceived, for many will come in my name, H\&$'(!%&!"#$%&'#(!)%*+! !

saying, I am he, and The time has
come.
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Do not follow them!
They anointed David king of Israel.
When you hear of wars and insurrections, From the second Book of Samuel
do not be terrified; for such things must
happen first, but it will not immediately In those days, all the tribes of Israel came
be the end. to David in Hebron and said:
Then he said to them, Nation will rise Here we are, your bone and your flesh.
against nation, and kingdom against king- In days past, when Saul was our king, it
dom. There will be powerful earthquakes, was you who led the Israelites out and
famines, and plagues from place to place; brought them back.
and awesome sights and mighty signs And the LORD said to you, You shall
will come from the sky. shepherd my people Israel and shall be
Before all this happens, however, they commander of Israel.
will seize and persecute you, they will hand When all the elders of Israel came to
you over to the synagogues and to prisons, David in Hebron, King David made an
and they will have you led before kings agreement with them there before the
and governors because of my name. LORD, and they anointed him king of
It will lead to your giving testimony. Israel.
Remember, you are not to prepare your The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
defense beforehand, for I myself shall
give you a wisdom in speaking that all RESPONSORIAL -'./0"!33)!+32",+*2"*+?"
your adversaries will be powerless to
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resist or refute. %#!%()!(#$/)!#9!%()!8#+,0! !
You will even be handed over by parents,
I rejoiced because they said to me, We
brothers, relatives, and friends, and they will go up to the house of the LORD.
will put some of you to death. And now we have set foot within your
You will be hated by all because of gates, O Jerusalem. R:
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Jerusalem, built as a city with compact ALLELUIA O.E="!!)@2"!7"

unity. To it the tribes go up, the tribes of 1'')'$2&3!&'')'$2&4!
the LORD. R: Blessed is he who comes in the name
According to the decree for Israel, to give of the Lord! Blessed is the kingdom
thanks to the name of the LORD. In it are set of our father David that is to come!
up judgment seats, seats for the house of 1'')'$2&3!&'')'$2&4!
David. R:
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READING II H9/9''$.%'"!)"!3+37" Lord, remember me when you come
into your kingdom.
He transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son.
From the Letter of St. Paul to the Colossians h From the holy Gospel according to Luke
Brothers and sisters: The rulers sneered at Jesus and said,

He saved others, let him save himself
Let us give thanks to the Father, who if he is the chosen one, the Christ of
has made you fit to share in the inher- God.
itance of the holy ones in light.
Even the soldiers jeered at him.
He delivered us from the power of dark-
ness and transferred us to the kingdom As they approached to offer him wine
of his beloved Son, in whom we have they called out, If you are King of the
redemption, the forgiveness of sins. Jews, save yourself.
He is the image of the invisible God, the Above him there was an inscription that
firstborn of all creation. For in him were read, This is the King of the Jews.
created all things in heaven and on earth,
Now one of the criminals hanging there
the visible and the invisible, whether
reviled Jesus, saying, Are you not the
thrones or dominions or principalities or
Christ? Save yourself and us.
powers; all things were created through
him and for him. The other, however, rebuking him, said
He is before all things, and in him all in reply, Have you no fear of God, for
things hold together. you are subject to the same condemna-
tion? And indeed, we have been
He is the head of the body, the church. condemned justly, for the sentence we
He is the beginning, the firstborn from received corresponds to our crimes, but
the dead, that in all things he himself this man has done nothing criminal.
might be preeminent.
Then he said, Jesus, remember me when
For in him all the fullness was pleased you come into your kingdom.
to dwell, and through him to reconcile
all things for him, making peace by the He replied to him, Amen, I say to you,
blood of his cross through him, whether today you will be with me in Paradise.
those on earth or those in heaven. The Gospel of the Lord.
The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God. Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
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H"<+*&%)(!"O!)S+!*"H)! want. In verdant pastures he gives me
H',#+$!S+'#)!"O!T+H\H! ! repose; beside restful waters he leads me;
he refreshes my soul. R:
READING I NX>=$>/",*)"!!+!6 He guides me in right paths for his
I myself will pasture my sheep and names sake. Even though I walk in the
I myself will give them rest. dark valley. I fear no evil; for you are at
From the Book of the Prophet Ezekiel my side with your rod and your staff that
give me courage. R:
Thus says the Lord GOD:
You spread the table before me in the sight
I myself will look after and tend my of my foes; you anoint my head with oil;
sheep. As a shepherd tends his flock when my cup overflows. R:
he finds himself among his scattered sheep,
so will I tend my sheep. Only goodness and kindness follow me all
the days of my life; and I shall dwell in the
I will rescue them from every place where house of the LORD for years to come. R:
they were scattered when it was cloudy
and dark. READING II M90.%'"?)?B+!!
I will lead them out from among the God proves his love for us.
peoples and gather them from the foreign From the Letter of St. Paul to the Romans
lands; I will bring them back to their Brothers and sisters:
own country and pasture them upon the
mountains of Israel in the lands ravines The love of God has been poured out
and all its inhabited places. into our hearts through the Holy Spirit
that has been given to us.
In good pastures will I pasture them, and
on the mountain heights of Israel shall be For Christ, while we were still helpless,
their grazing ground. died at the appointed time for the ungodly.
There they shall lie down on good graz- Indeed, only with difficulty does one die
ing ground, and in rich pastures shall they for a just person, though perhaps for a
be pastured on the mountains of Israel. good person one might even find courage
to die.
I myself will pasture my sheep; I myself
will give them rest, says the Lord GOD. But God proves his love for us in that
while we were still sinners Christ died
The lost I will seek out, the strayed I will for us.
bring back, the injured I will bind up, the
sick I will heal, but the sleek and the strong How much more then, since we are now
I will destroy, shepherding them rightly. justified by his blood, will we be saved
through him from the wrath.
Indeed, if, while we were enemies, we
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Not only that, but we also boast of God

through our Lord Jesus Christ, through -%#)S!"O!H):!T"S&!)S+!
whom we have now received reconciliation. -'X)%H)!VT\&+!;CW!
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ALLELUIA A O.55:>P"!!")3@.B I will make you a light to the nations.
1'')'$2&3!&'')'$2&4! From the Book of the Prophet Isaiah
Take my yoke upon you, says the Lord,
and learn from me, for I am meek Hear me, O coastlands listen, O distant
and humble of heart. peoples. The Lord called me from birth,
1'')'$2&3!&'')'$2&4! from my mothers womb he gave me my
OR
name.
He made of me a sharp-edged sword and
ALLELUIA B 89:%"!7)!* concealed me in the shadow of his arm.
1'')'$2&3!&'')'$2&4! He made me a polished arrow, in his
I am the good shepherd, says the Lord, quiver he hid me.
I know my sheep, and mine know me. You are my servant, he said to me, Israel,
1'')'$2&3!&'')'$2&4! through whom I show my glory. Though
GOSPEL ;<=>"!?),+1"
I thought I had toiled in vain, and for
nothing, uselessly, spent my strength, yet
Rejoice with me because I have found my lost sheep.
my reward is with the Lord, my recom-
h From the holy Gospel according to Luke pense is with my God.
Jesus addressed this parable to the Pharisees For now the LORD has spoken who formed
and scribes: me as his servant from the womb, that
Jacob may be brought back to him and
What man among you having a hundred
Israel gathered to him; and I am made
sheep and losing one of them would not
glorious in the sight of the LORD, and my
leave the ninety-nine in the desert and go
God is now my strength!
after the lost one until he finds it?
It is too little, he says, for you to be my
And when he does find it, he sets it on servant, to raise up the tribes of Jacob,
his shoulders with great joy and, upon and restore the survivors of Israel; I will
his arrival home, he calls together his make you a light to the nations, that my
friends and neighbors and says to them, salvation may reach to the ends of the
Rejoice with me because I have found earth.
my lost sheep.
I tell you, in just the same way there will
be more joy in heaven over one sinner RESPONSORIAL -'./0"!,@)!+,2"!,+!?
who repents than over ninety-nine righteous Response: 5!6+&2/)!7#$! !
people who have no need of repentance. 9#+!5!&<!*#-,)+9$''7!<&,)0!
The Gospel of the Lord. O LORD you have probed me and you
Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ. know me; you know when I sit and when I
stand; you understand my thoughts from
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afar. My journeys and my rest you scrutinize, GOSPEL ;<=>"!)?1+662"(7"

with all my ways you are familiar. R: John is his name.
Truly you have formed my inmost being; h From the holy Gospel according to Luke
you knit me in my mothers womb. I give
you thanks that I am fearfully, wonderfully When the time arrived for Elizabeth to
made; wonderful are your works. R: have her child she gave birth to a son.
My soul also you knew full well; nor was Her neighbors and relatives heard that
my frame unknown to you when I was the Lord had shown his great mercy
made in secret, when I was fashioned in toward her, and they rejoiced with her.
the depths of the earth. R:
When they came on the eighth day to
READING II VD5'"!,)33+36 circumcise the child, they were going to
John heralded his coming by proclaiming call him Zechariah after his father, but
a baptism of repentance.
his mother said in reply, No. He will be
From the Acts of the Apostles
called John.
In those days, Paul said: God raised up
David as their king; of him he testified, I But they answered her, There is no one
have found David, son of Jesse, a man among your relatives who has this name.
after my own heart; he will carry out my So they made signs, asking his father what
every wish. he wished him to be called.
From this mans descendants God, accord- He asked for a tablet and wrote, John is
ing to his promise, has brought to Israel a his name, and all were amazed.
savior, Jesus.
Immediately his mouth was opened, his
John heralded his coming by proclaiming tongue freed and he spoke, blessing God.
a baptism of repentance to all the people
of Israel; and as John was completing his Then fear came upon all their neighbors,
course, he would say, What do you sup- and all these matters were discussed
pose that I am? I am not he. Behold, one throughout the hill country of Judea. All
is coming after me; I am not worthy to who heard these things took them to
unfasten the sandals of his feet. heart, saying, What, then, will this child
be? For surely the hand of the Lord was
My brothers, children of the family of
with him.
Abraham, and those others among you
who are God-fearing, to us this word of The child grew and became strong in
salvation has been sent. spirit, and he was in the desert until the
The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God. day of his manifestation to Israel.
ALLELUIA DKL";<=>"!)16 Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
1'')'$2&3!&'')'$2&4!
You, child, will be called prophet of
the Most H igh, for you will go before
the Lord to prepare his way.
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They passed the first guard, then the

H'%&)H!X+)+#!'&$!X'\<Y! second, and came to the iron gate leading
'X"H)<+H!VT\&+!;IW! out to the city, which opened for them by
itself. They emerged and made their way
READING I VD5'"!3)!+!!
down an alley, and suddenly the angel
left him.
Now I know for certain that the Lord rescued me
from the hand of Herod. The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
From the Acts of the Apostles
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some members of the church to harm them. +)/;$)!%(#/)!*(#!9)&+!(2<0!
He had James, the brother of John, killed I will bless the LORD at all times; his
by the sword, and when he saw that this praise shall be ever in my mouth. Let my
was pleasing to the Jews he proceeded to soul glory in the LORD; the lowly will
arrest Peter also. It was the feast of hear me and be glad. R:
Unleavened Bread.
Glorify the LORD with me, let us together
He had him taken into custody and put in extol his name. I sought the LORD, and
prison under the guard of four squads of he answered me and delivered me from
four soldiers each. He intended to bring all my fears. R:
him before the people after Passover. Peter
thus was being kept in prison, but prayer Look to him that you may be radiant with
by the church was fervently being made joy, and your faces may not blush with
to God on his behalf. shame. When the poor one called out, the
LORD heard, and from all his distress he
On the very night before Herod was to saved him.
bring him to trial, Peter, secured by
double chains, was sleeping between two The angel of the LORD encamps around
soldiers, while outside the door guards those who fear him, and delivers them. Taste
kept watch on the prison. and see how good the LORD is; blessed the
man who takes refuge in him. R:
Suddenly the angel of the Lord stood by
him and a light shone in the cell. He READING II 3"U$095:J"*)6+(2"!1+!("
tapped Peter on the side and awakened From now on the crown of righteousness awaits me.
him, saying, Get up quickly.
The chains fell from his wrists. The angel
I, Paul, am already being poured out like
said to him, Put on your belt and your
sandals. He did so. a libation, and the time of my departure
is at hand. I have competed well; I have
Then he said to him, Put on your cloak finished the race; I have kept the faith.
and follow me.
From now on the crown of righteousness
So he followed him out, not realizing that awaits me, which the Lord, the just judge,
what was happening through the angel will award to me on that day, and not
was real; he thought he was seeing a only to me, but to all who have longed
vision. for his appearance.
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The Lord stood by me and gave me I will give you the keys to the kingdom of
strength, so that through me the procla- heaven. Whatever you bind on earth shall
mation might be completed and all the be bound in heaven; and whatever you
Gentiles might hear it. loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
And I was rescued from the lions mouth. The Gospel of the Lord.
The Lord will rescue me from every evil Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
threat and will bring me safe to his heavenly
kingdom.
To him be glory forever and ever. Amen. )#'&HO%]\#')%"&!"O!)S+!
The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God. <"#$!V'\]\H)!EW!
ALLELUIA O.55:>P"!6)!(
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His clothing was snow bright.
You are Peter and upon this rock I will
build my church, and the gates of the From the Book of the Prophet Daniel
netherworld shall not prevail against it. As I watched: Thrones were set up and
1'')'$2&3!&'')'$2&4! the Ancient One took his throne.
GOSPEL O.55:>P"!6)!,+!@ His clothing was snow bright, and the hair
You are Peter, and I will give you the keys on his head as white as wool; his throne
to the kingdom of heaven.
was flames of fire, with wheels of burning
h From the holy Gospel according to Matthew fire.
When Jesus went into the region of Caesarea A surging stream of fire flowed out from
Philippi he asked his disciples, Who do where he sat; thousands upon thousands
people say that the Son of Man is? were ministering to him, and myriads
They replied, Some say John the Baptist, upon myriads attended him. The court was
others Elijah, still others Jeremiah or one convened and the books were opened.
of the prophets.
As the visions during the night continued, I
He said to them, But who do you say saw one like a Son of man coming, on the
that I am? clouds of heaven; when he reached the
Simon Peter said in reply, You are the Ancient One and was presented before him,
Christ, the Son of the living God. the one like a Son of man received domin-
Jesus said to him in reply, Blessed are ion, glory, and kingship; all peoples, nations,
you, Simon son of Jonah. For flesh and and languages serve him.
blood has not revealed this to you, but His dominion is an everlasting dominion
my heavenly Father. that shall not be taken away, his kingship
And so I say to you, you are Peter, and shall not be destroyed.
upon this rock I will build my church, The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
and the gates of the netherworld shall not
prevail against it.
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%()!=#/%!C2.(!#:)+!&''!%()!)&+%(0! This is my beloved Son with whom
I am well pleased; listen to him.
The LORD is king; let the earth rejoice; let the 1'')'$2&3!&'')'$2&4!
many islands be glad. Clouds and darkness
are round about him; justice and judgment GOSPEL ;<=>"@)3(B+,6
are the foundation of his throne. R: While Jesus was praying his face changed in appearance.
The mountains melt like wax before the h From the holy Gospel according to Luke
LORD, before the LORD of all the earth. Jesus took Peter, John, and James and went
The heavens proclaim his justice; all up a mountain to pray.
peoples see his glory. R:
While he was praying his face changed
Because you, O LORD, are the Most High in appearance and his clothing became
over all the earth, exalted far above all dazzling white.
gods. R:
And behold, two men were conversing with
READING II 3"->5>E"!)!6+!@" him, Moses and Elijah, who appeared in
We ourselves heard this voice come from heaven.
glory and spoke of his exodus that he was
going to accomplish in Jerusalem.
From the second Letter of St. Peter
Peter and his companions had been over-
Beloved: come by sleep, but becoming fully awake,
We did not follow cleverly devised myths they saw his glory and the two men stand-
when we made known to you the power ing with him.
and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but As they were about to part from him,
we had been eyewitnesses of his majesty. Peter said to Jesus, Master, it is good
that we are here; let us make three tents,
For he received honor and glory from God one for you, one for Moses, and one for
the Father when that unique declaration Elijah.
came to him from the majestic glory,
But he did not know what he was saying.
This is my Son, my beloved, with whom I While he was still speaking, a cloud came
am well pleased. and cast a shadow over them, and they
became frightened when they entered the
We ourselves heard this voice come from
cloud.
heaven while we were with him on the
holy mountain. Moreover, we possess the Then from the cloud came a voice that
prophetic message that is altogether reliable. said, This is my chosen Son; listen to
him.
You will do well to be attentive to it, as
to a lamp shining in a dark place, until After the voice had spoken, Jesus was
day dawns and the morning star rises in found alone. They fell silent and did not at
your hearts. that time tell anyone what they had seen.

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-<+HH+$!Z%#]%&!*'#(! &%!7#$+!+2.(%!(&-,3!&++&7),!2-!.#',0!
V'\]\H)!JNW! The queen takes her place at your right
hand in gold of Ophir. R:
READING I M>W>/.5$9%"//)!@.F"!3)/+6.2"/7.B
Hear, O daughter, and see; turn your ear,
A woman clothed with the sun, with the moon forget your people and your fathers
beneath her feet.
house. R:
From the Book of Revelation
So shall the king desire your beauty; for
Gods temple in heaven was opened, and he is your LORD. R:
the ark of his covenant could be seen in They are borne in with gladness and joy;
the temple. they enter the palace of the king. R:
A great sign appeared in the sky, a woman READING II !"H9E$%5:$.%'"!?)37+31
clothed with the sun, with the moon beneath Christ, the first fruits; then those who belong to him.
her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve
From the first Letter of St. Paul to the Corinthians
stars. She was with child and wailed aloud
in pain as she labored to give birth. Brothers and sisters:
Then another sign appeared in the sky; it Christ has been raised from the dead, the
was a huge red dragon, with seven heads first fruits of those who have fallen asleep.
and ten horns, and on its heads were For since death came through man, the
seven diadems. Its tail swept away a third resurrection of the dead came also through
man.
of the stars in the sky and hurled them
down to the earth. For just as in Adam all die, so too in Christ
shall all be brought to life, but each one in
Then the dragon stood before the woman proper order: Christ the first fruits; then, at
about to give birth, to devour her child his coming, those who belong to Christ;
when she gave birth. She gave birth to a then comes the end, when he hands over
son, a male child, destined to rule all the the kingdom to his God and Father, when
nations with an iron rod. he has destroyed every sovereignty and
Her child was caught up to God and his every authority and power.
throne. The woman herself fled into the For he must reign until he has put all his
desert where she had a place prepared by enemies under his feet. The last enemy to
God. be destroyed is death, for he subjected
everything under his feet.
Then I heard a loud voice in heaven say:
Now have salvation and power come, and The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
the kingdom of our God and the authority ALLELUIA
of his Anointed One. 1'')'$2&3!&'')'$2&4!
Mary is taken up to heaven;
a chorus of angels exults.
1'')'$2&3!&'')'$2&4!
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GOSPEL ;<=>"!),@+?6 Israel for he has remembered his promise

The Almighty has done great things for me: of mercy, the promise he made to our
he has raised up the lowly. fathers, to Abraham and his children forever.
h From the holy Gospel according to Luke Mary remained with her about three months
Mary set out and traveled to the hill country and then returned to her home.
in haste to a town of Judah, where she The Gospel of the Lord.
entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
Elizabeth.
When Elizabeth heard Marys greeting,
the infant leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth, +^'<)')%"&!"O!)S+!,#"HH!
filled with the Holy Spirit, cried out in a VH+X)+*-+#!JCW!
loud voice and said,
Blessed are you among women, and READING I Y<0B>E'"3!)*B+@
blessed is the fruit of your womb. Whenever anyone who had been bitten by a serpent
looked at the bronze serpent, he lived.
And how does this happen to me, that the From the Book of Numbers
mother of my Lord should come to me? For
at the moment the sound of your greeting With their patience worn out by the jour-
reached my ears, the infant in my womb ney, the people complained against God
leaped for joy. and Moses, Why have you brought us
up from Egypt to die in this desert, where
Blessed are you who believed that what
there is no food or water? We are dis-
was spoken to you by the Lord would be
gusted with this wretched food!
fulfilled.
In punishment the LORD sent among the
And Mary said: My soul proclaims the
greatness of the Lord; my spirit rejoices people saraph serpents, which bit the people
in God my Savior for he has looked upon so that many of them died.
his lowly servant. Then the people came to Moses and said,
From this day all generations will call We have sinned in complaining against
me blessed: the Almighty has done great the LORD and you. Pray the LORD to take
things for me, and holy is his name. He the serpents from us.
has mercy on those who fear him in So Moses prayed for the people, and the
every generation. LORD said to Moses, Make a saraph and
He has shown the strength of his arm, mount it on a pole, and if any who have
and has scattered the proud in their conceit. been bitten look at it, they will live.
He has cast down the mighty from their Moses accordingly made a bronze serpent
thrones, and has lifted up the lowly. He and mounted it on a pole, and whenever
has filled the hungry with good things, anyone who had been bitten by a serpent
and the rich he has sent away empty. looked at the bronze serpent, he lived.
He has come to the help of his servant The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
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Response:!J#!-#%!9#+.)%!%()!*#+G/!#9!%()!8#+,4! 1'')'$2&3!&'')'$2&4!
We adore you, O Christ, and we bless you,
Hearken, my people, to my teaching; in- because by your Cross
cline your ears to the words of my mouth. you have redeemed the world.
I will open my mouth in a parable, I will 1'')'$2&3!&'')'$2&4!
utter mysteries from of old. R:
While he slew them they sought him and GOSPEL 89:%",)!,+!1
inquired after God again, remembering So the Son of Man must be lifted up.
that God was their rock and the Most h From the holy Gospel according to John
High God, their redeemer. R:
Jesus said to Nicodemus: No one has gone
But they flattered him with their mouths up to heaven except the one who has come
and lied to him with their tongues, though down from heaven, the Son of Man. And
their hearts were not steadfast toward him, just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the
nor were they faithful to his covenant. R: desert, so must the Son of Man be lifted up,
Yet he, being merciful, forgave their sin so that everyone who believes in him may
and destroyed them not; often he turned have eternal life.
back his anger and let none of his wrath For God so loved the world that he gave his
be roused. R: only Son, so that he who believes in him
might not perish but might have eternal life.
READING II -:$/$ZZ$.%'"3)6+!!
For God did not send his Son into the world
He humbled himself; because of this
God greatly exalted him. to condemn the world, but that the world
From the Letter of St. Paul to the Philippians might be saved through him.
Brothers and sisters: The Gospel of the Lord.

Christ Jesus, though he was in the form
of God, did not regard equality with God
something to be grasped.
'<<!H'%&)H!H"<+*&%)(!
Rather, he emptied himself, taking the V&"Z+*-+#!JW!
form of a slave, coming in human like-
ness; and found human in appearance, he
humbled himself, becoming obedient to READING I M>W>/.5$9%"1)3+*2"@+!*
the point of death, even death on a cross. I had a vision of a great multitude, which no one could
count, from every nation, race, people, and tongue.
Because of this, God greatly exalted him
From the Book of Revelation
and bestowed on him the name which is
above every name, that at the name of I, John, saw another angel come up from
Jesus every knee should bend, of those in the East, holding the seal of the living
heaven and on earth and under the earth, God.
and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is He cried out in a loud voice to the four
Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
angels who were given power to damage
The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God. the land and the sea, Do not damage the
61
land or the sea or the trees until we put upon the rivers. R:
the seal on the foreheads of the servants
Who can ascend the mountain of the LORD?
of our God.
or who may stand in his holy place? One
I heard the number of those who had whose hands are sinless, whose heart is
been marked with the seal, one hundred clean, who desires not what is vain. R:
and forty-four thousand marked from
every tribe of the Israelites. He shall receive a blessing from the LORD,
a reward from God his savior. Such is the
After this I had a vision of a great multitude, race that seeks for him, that seeks the face
which no one could count, from every of the God of Jacob. R:
nation, race, people, and tongue. They stood
before the throne and before the Lamb, READING II !"89:%",)!+,"
wearing white robes and holding palm We shall see God as he is.
branches in their hands. From the first Letter of St. John
They cried out in a loud voice: Salvation
Beloved:
comes from our God, who is seated on the
throne, and from the Lamb. See what love the Father has bestowed on
All the angels stood around the throne and us that we may be called the children of
around the elders and the four living God. Yet so we are. The reason the world
creatures. They prostrated themselves before does not know us is that it did not know
the throne, worshiped God, and exclaimed: him.
Amen. Blessing and glory, wisdom and Beloved, we are Gods children now; what
thanksgiving, honor, power, and might be we shall be has not yet been revealed. We
to our God forever and ever. Amen. do know that when it is revealed we shall
Then one of the elders spoke up and said be like him, for we shall see him as he is.
to me, Who are these wearing white robes, Everyone who has this hope based on him
and where did they come from? makes himself pure, as he is pure.
I said to him, My Lord, you are the one The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
who knows.
ALLELUIA O.55:>P"!!)3(
He said to me, These are the ones who
have survived the time of great distress; 1'')'$2&3!&'')'$2&4!
they have washed their robes and made Come to me, all you who labor
them white in the blood of the Lamb. and are burdened and I will give you rest,
says the Lord.
The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God. 1'')'$2&3!&'')'$2&4!
RESPONSORIAL -'./0"3*)!+6 GOSPEL O.55:>P"?)/+!3.
Response:! ! 8#+,3!%(2/!2/!%()!6)#6')! ! Rejoice and be glad, for your reward
%(&%!'#-./!%#!/))!7#$+!9&;)0! will be great in heaven.
h From the holy Gospel according to Matthew
The LORDs are the earth and its fullness;
the world and those who dwell in it. For he When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up the
founded it upon the seas and established it mountain, and after he had sat down, his
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disciples came to him. peoples, the web that is woven over all
nations; he will destroy death forever.
He began to teach them, saying:
Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs The Lord GOD will wipe away the tears
is the kingdom of heaven. from all faces; the reproach of his people
he will remove from the whole earth; for
Blessed are they who mourn, for they the LORD has spoken. On that day it will
will be comforted. be said:
Blessed are the meek, for they will in- Behold our God, to whom we looked to
herit the land. save us! This is the LORD for whom we
Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for looked; let us rejoice and be glad that he
righteousness, for they will be satisfied. has saved us!
Blessed are the merciful, for they will The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
be shown mercy.
Blessed are the clean of heart, for they RESPONSORIAL -'./0"31)!2"*2"12"(B2"@.2"!,+!*
will see God. Response A:! The Lord is my light
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they and my salvation. or
will be called children of God. Response B:! I believe that I shall see
Blessed are they who are persecuted for the good things of the Lord
the sake of righteousness, for theirs is the in the land of the living.!
kingdom of heaven. The LORD is my light and my salvation;
Blessed are you when they insult you whom should I fear? The LORD LVP\OLIHV
and persecute you and utter every kind of refuge; of whom should I be afraid?. R:
evil against you falsely because of me. One thing I ask of the LORD; this I seek:
Rejoice and be glad, for your reward will be To dwell in the house of the LORD all the
great in heaven. days of my life, that I may gaze on the
The Gospel of the Lord. loveliness of the LORD and contemplate
Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ. his temple. R:
Hear, O LORD, the sound of my call; have
'<<!H"\<H! pity on my and answer me. Your presence,
O LORD, I seek! Hide not your face from
,"**+*"#')%"&!"O!'<<! me. R:
)S+!O'%)SO\<!$+X'#)+$!
V&"Z+*-+#!;W! ! I believe that I shall see the bounty of the
LORD in the land of the living. Wait for
the LORD with courage: be stouthearted
READING I G'.$.:"3?)6+@ and wait for the LORD! R:
The Lord will destroy death forever.
From the Book of the Prophet Isaiah READING II A -:$/$ZZ$.%'" " ,)37+3!"
The Lord Jesus will change our lowly body
On this mountain the LORD of hosts will to conform with his glorified body.
provide for all peoples. On this mountain
he will destroy the veil that veils all From the Letter of St. Paul to the Philippians
63
Brothers and sisters: OR
Our citizenship is in heaven, and from it READING II C 3"U$095:J"3)(+!,"

we also await a savior, the Lord Jesus If we have died with Christ, we shall also live with him.
Christ.
From the Letter of St. Paul to Timothy
He will change our lowly body to con-
form with his glorified body by the power Beloved:
that enables him also to bring all things Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the
into subjection to himself. dead, a descendant of David: such is my
The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God. gospel, for which I am suffering, even to
the point of chains, like a criminal.
OR
But the word of God is not chained.
READING II B !"U:>''./9%$.%'"*)!,+!(" Therefore, I bear with everything for the
We shall always be with the Lord. sake of those who are chosen, so that they
From the Letter of St. Paul to the Thessalonians too may obtain the salvation that is in
Christ Jesus, together with eternal glory.
We do not want you to be unaware,
brothers and sisters, about those who have This saying is trustworthy:
fallen asleep, so that you may not grieve If we have died with him we shall also
like the rest, who have no hope. live with him; if we persevere we shall
For if we believe that Jesus died and rose, also reign with him.
so too will God, through Jesus, bring with But if we deny him he will deny us.
him those who have fallen asleep.
If we are unfaithful, he remains faithful,
Indeed, we tell you this, on the word of for he cannot deny himself.
the Lord, that we who are alive, who are
left until the coming of the Lord, will The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
surely not precede those who have fallen
asleep. ALLELUIA A 89:%"6)?!
1'')'$2&3!&'')'$2&4!
For the Lord himself, with a word of I am the living bread that came down
command, with the voice of an archangel from heaven, says the Lord;
and with the trumpet of God, will come whoever eats this bread will live forever.
down from heaven, and the dead in Christ 1'')'$2&3!&'')'$2&4!
will rise first. OR
Then we who are alive, who are left, will be
caught up together with them in the clouds ALLELUIA B 89:%"!!)3?.2"36
to meet the Lord in the air. Thus we shall 1'')'$2&3!&'')'$2&4!
always be with the Lord. I am the resurrection and the life,
says the Lord; whoever believes
Therefore, console one another with these in me will live forever.
words. 1'')'$2&3!&'')'$2&4!
The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God. !
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GOSPEL A 89:%"6)?!+?@ for four days.

Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, only
has eternal life, and I will raise him on the last day.
about two miles away. Many of the Jews
h From the holy Gospel according to John had come to Martha and Mary to comfort
Jesus VDLGWRWKHFURZGV,DPWKHOLYLQJ them about their brother.
bread that came down from heaven; who- When Martha heard that Jesus was com-
ever eats this bread will live forever; and ing, she went to meet him; but Mary sat
the bread that I will give is my flesh for at home.
the life of the ZRUOG
Martha said to Jesus, Lord, if you had
The Jews quarreled among themselves, been here, my brother would not have
VD\LQJ How can this man give us his died. But even now I know that whatever
IOHVKWRHDW" you ask of God, God will give you.
-HVXVVDLGWRWKHP$PHQDPHQ ,VD\ WR Jesus said to her, Your brother will rise.
you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of
Man and drink his blood, you do not have Martha said to him, I know he will rise,
life within you. in the resurrection on the last day.
+H ZKR HDWV P\ IOHVK DQG GULQNV P\ Jesus told her, I am the resurrection and
blood has eternal life, and I will raise him the life; he who believes in me, even if
on the last day. he dies, will live, and he who lives and
believes in me will never die. Do you
)RUP\IOHVKLVWUXHIRRGDQGP\EORRG believe this?
is true drink. He who eats my flesh and
drinks my blood remains in me and I in She said to him, Yes, Lord. I have come
him. to believe that you are the Christ, the Son
of God, the one who is coming into the
-XVW DV WKH OLYLQJ )DWKHU VHQW PH DQG , world.
have life because of the Father, so also he
who feeds on me will have life because The Gospel of the Lord.
of me.
7KLV LV WKH EUHDG WKDW FDPH GRZQ IURP
heaven. Unlike your ancestors who ate $+$%,')%"&!"O!H):!T"S&!
and still died, he who eats this bread will <')+#'&!V&"Z+*-+#!IW!
OLYHIRUHYHU
The Gospel of the Lord. READING I NX>=$>/"*1)!+32"(+@2"!3"
I saw water flowing from the temple,
and all who were touched by it were saved.
GOSPEL B 89:%"!!)!1+31
From the Book of the Prophet Ezekiel
I am the resurrection and the life.
h From the holy Gospel according to John

The angel brought me back to the entrance
of the temple, and I saw water flowing out
When Jesus arrived in Bethany, he found from beneath the threshold of the temple
that Lazarus had already been in the tomb toward the east, for the facade of the temple
65
was toward the east; the water flowed down hold is the God of Jacob. Come! Behold
from the southern side of the temple, south the deeds of the LORD, the astounding
of the altar. things he has wrought on earth. R:
He led me outside by the north gate, and READING II !"H9E$%5:$.%'",)@D+//2"!6+!1"
around to the outer gate facing the east, You are Gods temple.
where I saw water trickling from the
southern side. From the first Letter of St. Paul to the Corinthians
He said to me, This water flows into the Brothers and sisters:
eastern district down upon the Arabah, You are Gods building. According to
and empties into the sea, the salt waters, the grace of God given to me, like a wise
which it makes fresh. master builder I laid a foundation, and
Wherever the river flows, every sort of another is building upon it.
living creature that can multiply shall But each one must be careful how he
live, and there shall be abundant fish, for builds upon it, for no one can lay a
wherever this water comes the sea shall foundation other than the one that is
be made fresh. there, namely, Jesus Christ.
Along both banks of the river, fruit trees Do you not know that you are the temple
of every kind shall grow; their leaves of God, and that the Spirit of God dwells
shall not fade, nor their fruit fail. Every in you? If anyone destroys Gods temple,
month they shall bear fresh fruit, for they God will destroy that person; for the
shall be watered by the flow from the temple of God, which you are, is holy.
sanctuary. Their fruit shall serve for food,
and their leaves for medicine.
The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God. ALLELUIA 3"H:E9%$D/>'"1)!6
1'')'$2&3!&'')'$2&4!
RESPONSORIAL -'./0"*6)3+,2"?+62"(+@ I have chosen and consecrated
Response:!A()!*&%)+/!#9!%()!+2:)+! this house, says the Lord,
.'&,,)-!%()!;2%7!#9!"#,3! ! that my name may be there forever.
%()!(#'7!,*)''2-.!#9!%()!=#/%!C2.(0! 1'')'$2&3!&'')'$2&4!
God is our refuge and our strength, an GOSPEL 89:%"3)!,+33"
ever-present help in distress. Therefore He was speaking about the temple of his body.
we fear not, though the earth be shaken h From the holy Gospel according to John
and mountains plunge into the depths of
the sea. R:
Since the Passover of the Jews was near,
R:
Jesus went up to Jerusalem. He found in
There is a stream whose runlets gladden the temple area those who sold oxen,
the city of God, the holy dwelling of the sheep, and doves, as well as the money
Most High. God is in its midst; it shall changers seated there.
not be disturbed; God will help it at the
He made a whip out of cords and drove
break of dawn. R:
them all out of the temple area, with the
The LORD of hosts is with us; our strong- sheep and oxen, and spilled the coins of the
66
money changers and overturned their tables,

and to those who sold doves he said, Take
these out of here, and stop making my
Fathers house a marketplace.
His disciples recalled the words of Scripture,
Zeal for your house will consume me.
At this the Jews answered and said to him,
What sign can you show us for doing
this?
Jesus answered and said to them, Destroy
this temple and in three days I will raise it
up.
The Jews said, This temple has been under
construction for forty-six years, and you
will raise it up in three days?
But he was speaking about the temple of
his body. Therefore, when he was raised
from the dead, his disciples remembered
that he had said this, and they came to
believe the Scripture and the word Jesus
had spoken.

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All: I confess to almighty God,

GLORIA (omitted on Sundays of Advent, Ash Wednesday, and Sundays of Lent)

All: We believe in one God, the F ather, the Almighty,

PRAYER OVER THE GIFTS STAND

INTRODUCTORY DIALOGUE STAND

THE MEMORIAL ACCLAMATION STAND

Jesus Christ and God the Father who

READING II 4./.5$.%'"!)!+326+!7" Not even in Israel have I found such faith.

READING I !"#$%&'"!1)!1+3*" Response:! ! 5!*2''!6+&2/)!7#$3!8#+,3! !

READING II 4./.5$.%'"!)!!+!@" GOSPEL ;<=>"1)!!+!1"

I acknowledged my sin to you, my guilt I

GOSPEL ;<=>"1),6+()," You did not give me a kiss, but she

to come after me, he must deny himself RESPONSORIAL -'./0"!6)!+32"?2"1+!!"

Whatever town you enter and they do all your soul.

the spirits are subject to you, but re- Response:!!A$+-!%#!%()!8#+,! !

RESPONSORIAL B -'./0"!@)(2"@2"!72"!!" ALLELUIA DKL"89:%"6)6,D2"6(D"

READING II H9/9''$.%'"G")3*+3(" Martha, burdened with much serving, came

ALLELUIA M90.%'"()!?BD" For everyone who asks, receives; and

he endured the cross, despising its shame,

READING II S>BE>P'"!3)?+12"!!+!," Someone asked him, Lord, will only a

Then I will make of you a great nation. considered me trustworthy in appoint-

This was the testimony at the proper olive oil.

RESPONSORIAL -'./0"!*6)12"(+@2"@+!7" ALLELUIA DKL"3"H9E$%5:$.%'"()@"

The LORD gives sight to the blind. The GOSPEL ;<=>"!6)!@+,!"

He said, Oh no, father Abraham, but Response:!!59!%#,&7!7#$!()&+!(2/!:#2;)3!

Come, let us bow down in worship; let us GOSPEL ;<=>"!1)?+!7"

thanked him. He was a Samaritan. till sunset.

"#$%&'#(!)%*+! ! May he not suffer your foot to slip; may

is good to all and compassionate toward

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Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the READING II 3"U:>''./9%$.%'",)1+!3

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Jerusalem, built as a city with compact ALLELUIA O.E="!!)@2"!7"

Brothers and sisters: The rulers sneered at Jesus and said,

The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not

Not only that, but we also boast of God

afar. My journeys and my rest you scrutinize, GOSPEL ;<=>"!)?1+662"(7"

They passed the first guard, then the

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The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.

GOSPEL ;<=>"!),@+?6 Israel for he has remembered his promise

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Brothers and sisters: The Gospel of the Lord.

Brothers and sisters: OR

Our citizenship is in heaven, and from it READING II C 3"U$095:J"3)(+!,"

GOSPEL A 89:%"6)?!+?@ for four days.

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money changers and overturned their tables,

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